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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():
 """Reads version number. This workaround is required since __init__ is an entry point exposing stuff from other modules, which may use dependencies unavailable in current environment, which in turn will prevent this application from install. """

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