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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 unicode_convert(obj):
 """Converts unicode objects to anscii. Args: obj (object):
 The object to convert. Returns: The object converted to anscii, if possible. For ``dict`` and ``list``, the object type is maintained. """

    try:
        if isinstance(obj, dict):
            return {unicode_convert(key): unicode_convert(value) for key, value in obj.items()}
        elif isinstance(obj, list):
            return [unicode_convert(element) for element in obj]
        elif isinstance(obj, str):
            return obj 
        elif isinstance(obj, six.text_type):
            return obj.encode('utf-8')
        elif isinstance(obj, six.integer_types):
            return obj
        else:
            return obj
    except:
        return obj