toolbox/misc/bst_verlessthan.m
function isLess = bst_verlessthan(refVersion)
% BST_VERLESSTHAN Returns 1 if the version is less than the reference version (Brainstorm equivalent to Matlab function verLessThan).

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% Authors: Francois Tadel, 2016

% Get Matlab version only if it was not already obtained before
persistent MatlabVersion;
if isempty(MatlabVersion)
    MatlabVersion = bst_get('MatlabVersion');
end
% Check the version
isLess = (MatlabVersion < refVersion);

end


