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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 absolute(value):
 """Return the absolute value."""

    try:
        return abs(valid_numeric(value))
    except (ValueError, TypeError):
        try:
            return abs(value)
        except Exception:
            return ''