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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 _apply_axes_mapping(self, target, inverse=False):
 """ Apply the transposition to the target iterable. Parameters target - iterable The iterable to transpose. This would be suitable for things such as a shape as well as a list of ``__getitem__`` keys. inverse - bool Whether to map old dimension to new dimension (forward), or new dimension to old dimension (inverse). Default is False (forward). Returns ------- A tuple derived from target which has been ordered based on the new axes. """

        if len(target) != self.ndim:
            raise ValueError('The target iterable is of length {}, but '
                             'should be of length {}.'.format(len(target),
                                                              self.ndim))
        if inverse:
            axis_map = self._inverse_axes_map
        else:
            axis_map = self._forward_axes_map

        result = [None] * self.ndim
        for axis, item in enumerate(target):
            result[axis_map[axis]] = item
        return tuple(result)