ver

Version information

Syntax

ver

ver product

product_info = ver(product)

ver -support

Description

ver displays:

• A header containing the MATLAB^® product family version number, license number, operating system, and version of Java^® software for the MATLAB product.

• The product name, version number, and release name for MATLAB and all other installed products.

Use ver to checks which MATLAB products are installed and their version number. To check the current MATLAB release information including update number use the matlabRelease function instead.

ver product displays the header and the version number and release name for product, where product is the name of the folder that contains the Contents.m file.

product_info = ver(product) returns product information to the structure array, product_info.

ver -support displays licensing information for your installed products. Use this command when completing a customer support case form. This syntax is not recommended for programmatic use.

Examples

Version for All Installed Products

Display version information for all installed products. The output shown here is representative. Your results might differ.

ver

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MATLAB Version: 8.2.0.29 (R2013b)
MATLAB License Number: 234567
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601: Service Pack 1)
Java Version: Java 1.7.0_11-b21 with Oracle Corporation Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM mixed mode
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MATLAB                                                Version 8.2        (R2013b)             
Simulink                                              Version 8.2        (R2013b)      
Control System Toolbox                                Version 9.6        (R2013b)       

Structure Containing Version for a Particular Product

Create a structure containing version information for just the Symbolic Math Toolbox™ product. The output shown here is representative. Your results might differ.

Determine the product name for Symbolic Math Toolbox by setting n to the name of a function unique to Symbolic Math Toolbox, such as sym.

n = 'sym';
pat = '(?<=^.+[\\/]toolbox[\\/])[^\\/]+';
regexp(which(n), pat, 'match', 'once')

ans =

symbolic

Specify the value returned in the previous step as an argument to ver.

v = ver("symbolic")

v = 

        Name: 'Symbolic Math Toolbox'
     Version: '5.11'
     Release: '(R2013b)'
        Date: '19-May-2013'   

Input Arguments

product — product-specific information

string scalar | character vector

The product or toolbox for which you want to view version information, specified as a string scalar or character vector.

Output Arguments

product_info — product name, version, release, and date

structure array

Product name, version, release, and date, returned as a structure array with these fields: Name, Version, Release, and Date. If a license is a trial version, the letter T precedes the value in the Version field.

Tips

• To view version information about installed Add-Ons, including MathWorks^® products in the Add-On Manager, see Get and Manage Add-Ons.

Extended Capabilities

Thread-Based Environment
Run code in the background using MATLAB® backgroundPool or accelerate code with Parallel Computing Toolbox™ ThreadPool.

Version History

Introduced before R2006a

R2023b: Not recommended

Using ver to return the current MATLAB release information is not recommended. Use matlabRelease instead.

R2023b: All products now use consistent version number based on release

Starting in R2023b, all products use a consistent version number based on the release. The version number includes the last two digits of the year followed by either .1 or .2, where .1 indicates an “a” release and .2 indicates a “b” release. For example, all products in R2023b have a version number of 23.2. Changes to the version number no longer indicate a major product update.

In previous releases, each individual product used a different version number. This change does not affect R2023a or earlier releases.