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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 is_sortable_index(self, index_name, catalog):
 """Returns whether the index is sortable """

        index = self.get_index(index_name, catalog)
        if not index:
            return False
        return index.meta_type in ["FieldIndex", "DateIndex"]