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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 axis(self):
 """axis of the colorbar with the ticks. Will be overwritten during update process."""

        return getattr(
            self.colorbar.ax, self.axis_locations[self.position] + 'axis')