How to check MATLAB version and choose compatible functions?

sgtitle is available in MATLAB R2019b but not in R2018a

suptitle is available in MATLAB R2018a but not in R2019b.

If I'm distributing, how can I check the release to use the compatible function?

Answer 1

[Sean de Wolski]

Check out verLessThan.

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/verlessthan.html

Answer 2

[Oli Fairfax]

You can also use the following to keep it on one line:

version('-release')

ans = '2021a'

Answer 3

[Abdul Basith Ashraf]

v= ver('MATLAB'); 
if v.Release=="(R2018a)"
    %Code
elseif v.Release=="(R2019b)"
    %Code
end