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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def read_version():
 """ Read package version """

    with open('./oi/version.py') as fh:
        for line in fh:
            if line.startswith('VERSION'):
                return line.split('=')[1].strip().strip("'")