How do I get the Scala version from within Scala itself?

Question

This is not about command-line compiler options. How do I programmatically obtain the Scala version inside code?

Alternatively, where does the Eclipse Scala plugin v2 st

Answer 1

There are three ways to get the Scala version -

scala> util.Properties.versionNumberString
res103: String = 2.11.4

scala> util.Properties.versionString
res104: String = version 2.11.4

scala> util.Properties.versionMsg
res105: String = Scala library version 2.11.4 -- Copyright 2002-2013, LAMP/EPFL