is an integer which gives the current Wolfram Language kernel release number, and increases in successive releases.


$ReleaseNumber
is an integer which gives the current Wolfram Language kernel release number, and increases in successive releases.
Details

- Each released revision of the Wolfram Language kernel for any particular computer system is assigned a version number, followed by a release number.
- The same source code may yield releases with different numbers on different computer systems.
- In a typical full version number, such as 1.0.3, the last integer is the release number.
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History
Introduced in 1991 (2.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1991), $ReleaseNumber, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ReleaseNumber.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1991. "$ReleaseNumber." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ReleaseNumber.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1991). $ReleaseNumber. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ReleaseNumber.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_$releasenumber, author="Wolfram Research", title="{$ReleaseNumber}", year="1991", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ReleaseNumber.html}", note=[Accessed: 11-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_$releasenumber, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={$ReleaseNumber}, year={1991}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$ReleaseNumber.html}, note=[Accessed: 11-August-2025]}