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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 raw(self):
 """Return raw key. returns: str: raw key """

        if self._raw:
            return text_type(self._raw).strip("\r\n")
        else:
            return text_type(base64decode(self._b64encoded)).strip("\r\n")