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)$\ast$1E6 $+$ (minor version)$\ast$1E3 $+$ (release)

RESULT = AST_VERSION()

Object

AST_VERSION = INTEGER