## Copyright (C) 1994-2013 John W. Eaton
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} version ()
## Return the version number of Octave as a string.
##
## This is an alias for the function @w{@env{OCTAVE_VERSION}} provided for
## compatibility.
## @seealso{OCTAVE_VERSION, ver}
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function vs = version ()

  if (nargin != 0)
    warning ("version: ignoring extra arguments");
  endif

  vs = OCTAVE_VERSION;

endfunction


%!assert (ischar (version ()))
%!assert (version (), OCTAVE_VERSION)

%!warning version (1);