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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_persistent_address(instance):
 """Returns the public ip address of an instance."""

    if instance.cloud == 'aws':
        client = boto3.client('ec2', instance.region)
        try:
            client.describe_addresses(PublicIps=[instance.ip_address])
            return instance.ip_address
        except botocore.client.ClientError as exc:
            if exc.response.get('Error', {}).get('Code') != 'InvalidAddress.NotFound':
                raise
            # Address is not public
            return None
    if instance.cloud == 'gcp':
        credentials = GoogleCredentials.get_application_default()
        compute = discovery.build('compute', 'v1', credentials=credentials)
        try:
            return compute.addresses().get(address=instance.name, project=instance.project, region=instance.region).execute()['address']
        except errors.HttpError as exc:
            if 'was not found' in str(exc):
                return None
            raise
    raise ValueError('Unknown cloud %s' % instance.cloud)