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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 get_version(*args):
 """Extract the version number from a Python module."""

    contents = get_contents(*args)
    metadata = dict(re.findall('__([a-z]+)__ = [\'"]([^\'"]+)', contents))
    return metadata['version']