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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 clean_probes(self, probe_ids):
 """ Checks format of probe ids and transform it to something API understands. """

        if isinstance(probe_ids, (tuple, list)):  # tuples & lists > x,y,z
            probe_ids = ",".join([str(_) for _ in probe_ids])

        return probe_ids