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AST_VERSION - Return the version of the AST library being used

Description:
This function returns an integer representing the version of the AST library being used. The library version is formatted as a string such as "2.0-7" which contains integers representing the "major version" (2), the "minor version" (0) and the "release" (7). The integer returned by this function combines all three integers together into a single integer using the expresion:

(major version)*1E6 + (minor version)*1E3 + (release)

Invocation:
RESULT = AST_VERSION()

Class Applicability:
Object
This routine applies to all Objects.

Returned Value:
AST_VERSION = INTEGER
The major version, minor version and release numbers for the AST library, encoded as a single integer.



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AST A Library for Handling World Coordinate Systems in Astronomy
Starlink User Note 210
R.F. Warren-Smith & D.S. Berry
30th April 2003
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk

Copyright (C) 2003 Central Laboratory of the Research Councils