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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 value(self, index):
        "Gets a value from a given index."
        offset = units.offset(self._units[index])
        value_index = (index ^ offset) & units.PRECISION_MASK
        return units.value(self._units[value_index])