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# VERSION
Receive MDI Library version.



## <VERSION

Receive MDI Library version

**Datatype:** `MDI_DOUBLE`  
**Quantity**: `1`  

 The engine sends the version number of the MDI Library to which it is linked to the driver.

### Examples


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:::{tab-item} Python
:sync: python

```python
import mdi

# connect to the engine
mdi_engine = mdi.MDI_Accept_Communicator()

# receive the MDI Library version from the engine
mdi.MDI_Send_Command("<VERSION", mdi_engine)
version = mdi.MDI_Recv(1, mdi.MDI_DOUBLE, mdi_engine)

```
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:::{tab-item} C++
:sync: cpp

```cpp
#include "mdi.h"

// connect to the engine
MDI_Comm mdi_engine = MDI_Accept_Communicator();

// create a buffer to hold the MDI Library version
double version;

// receive the MDI Library version from the engine
MDI_Send_Command("<VERSION", mdi_engine);
MDI_Recv(&version, 1, MDI_DOUBLE, mdi_engine)

```
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