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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 _convert_string_to_native(value):
 """Convert a string to its native python type"""

    result = None

    try:
        result = ast.literal_eval(str(value))
    except (SyntaxError, ValueError):
        # Likely a string
        result = value.split(',')
    return result