R: Obtain the version of Stan

stan_version {rstan} | R Documentation

## Obtain the version of Stan

### Description

The stan version is in form of `major.minor.patch`; the first version is 1.0.0, indicating major version 1, minor version 0 and patch level 0. Functionality only changes with minor versions and backward compatibility will only be affected by major versions.

### Usage

      stan_version()

### Value

A character string giving the version of Stan used in this version of RStan.

### References

The Stan Development Team Stan Modeling Language User's Guide and Reference Manual. http://mc-stan.org/.

### See Also

`stan` and `stan_model`

### Examples

      stan_version()

[Package rstan version 2.17.3 Index]