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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_combined_index(indexes, intersect=False, sort=False):
 """ Return the union or intersection of indexes. Parameters indexes : list of Index or list objects When intersect=True, do not accept list of lists. intersect : bool, default False If True, calculate the intersection between indexes. Otherwise, calculate the union. sort : bool, default False Whether the result index should come out sorted or not. Returns ------- Index """


    # TODO: handle index names!
    indexes = _get_distinct_objs(indexes)
    if len(indexes) == 0:
        index = Index([])
    elif len(indexes) == 1:
        index = indexes[0]
    elif intersect:
        index = indexes[0]
        for other in indexes[1:]:
            index = index.intersection(other)
    else:
        index = _union_indexes(indexes, sort=sort)
        index = ensure_index(index)

    if sort:
        try:
            index = index.sort_values()
        except TypeError:
            pass
    return index