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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 _api_key_patch_replace(conn, apiKey, path, value):
    '''
    the replace patch operation on an ApiKey resource
    '''
    response = conn.update_api_key(apiKey=apiKey,
                                   patchOperations=[{'op': 'replace', 'path': path, 'value': value}])
    return response