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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 nipapd_version():
 """ Get version of nipapd we're connected to. Maps to the function :py:func:`nipap.xmlrpc.NipapXMLRPC.version` in the XML-RPC API. Please see the documentation for the XML-RPC function for information regarding the return value. """


    xmlrpc = XMLRPCConnection()
    try:
        return xmlrpc.connection.version(
            {
                'auth': AuthOptions().options
            })
    except xmlrpclib.Fault as xml_fault:
        raise _fault_to_exception(xml_fault)