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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 import_attribute(self, path):
 """ Import an attribute from a module. """

        module = '.'.join(path.split('.')[:-1])
        function = path.split('.')[-1]

        module = importlib.import_module(module)
        return getattr(module, function)