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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(filename, version='1.00'):
    ''' Read version as text to avoid machinations at import time. '''
    with open(filename) as infile:
        for line in infile:
            if line.startswith('__version__'):
                try:
                    version = line.split("'")[1]
                except IndexError:
                    pass
                break
    return version