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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 _ixs(self, i, axis=0):
 """ Return the i-th value or values in the SparseSeries by location Parameters i : int, slice, or sequence of integers Returns ------- value : scalar (int) or Series (slice, sequence) """

        label = self.index[i]
        if isinstance(label, Index):
            return self.take(i, axis=axis)
        else:
            return self._get_val_at(i)