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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():
 """Returns version number, without module import (which can lead to ImportError if some dependencies are unavailable before install."""

    contents = read_file(os.path.join('admirarchy', '__init__.py'))
    version = re.search('VERSION = \(([^)]+)\)', contents)
    version = version.group(1).replace(', ', '.').strip()
    return version