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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_data_path(data, module, check_exists=True):
 """return a directory path to data within a module Parameters data : str or list[str] file name or list of sub-directories and file name (e.g. ['lammps','data.txt']) """

    basepath = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(inspect.getfile(module)))

    if isinstance(data, basestring):
        data = [data]

    dirpath = os.path.join(basepath, *data)

    if check_exists:
        assert os.path.exists(dirpath), '{0} does not exist'.format(dirpath)

    return pathlib.Path(dirpath)