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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 load_version_as_string():
 """Get the current version from version.py as a string."""

    with open(VERSION_PATH, 'r') as rfile:
        contents = rfile.read().strip()

    _, version = contents.split('=')
    version = version.strip()

    # Remove quotes
    return version.strip('"\'')