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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 get_scratch_path(self, local_file):
 """Construct and return a path in the scratch area from a local file. """

        (local_dirname, local_basename) = self.split_local_path(local_file)
        return self.construct_scratch_path(local_dirname, local_basename)