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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 _lookupIterator(self, val):
 """ An internal function to generate lookup iterators. """

        if val is None:
            return lambda el, *args: el
        return val if _.isCallable(val) else lambda obj, *args: obj[val]