Can I run .m files written using a recent version of MATLAB in an older version of MATLAB?

I have MATLAB 7.1 & 7.3 only. The files given in this site use more recent versions of MATLAB (7.11, 7.10). Can I use version 7.1 or 7.3 to execute the code written in the newer versions?

Answer 1

[Fangjun Jiang]

If the code is .m source code, I would think you should be able to run in earlier version of MATLAB. But of course, if the code uses some functions or features that are not available in earlier version of MATLAB, then you will have problem. Just try it to see if it gives you any errors.

[Sri Priya]

Thanks for quick reply.I'll try

Answer 2

[Harsha Vardhan Rao Avunoori]

@Sri Priya As Fangjun replied you can use any older .m file in a newer version of MATLAB but make sure that few functions like mmreader() are named differently in the newer MATLAB version.