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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 construct_scratch_path(self, dirname, basename):
 """Construct and return a path in the scratch area. This will be <self.scratchdir>/<dirname>/<basename> """

        return os.path.join(self.scratchdir, dirname, basename)