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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 max_abs(self):
        '''Returns maximum absolute value.'''
        if self.__len__() == 0:
            return ArgumentError('empty set has no maximum absolute value.')
        return numpy.max(numpy.abs([self.max(), self.min()]))