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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 get_formatted_as_type(self, value, default=None, out_type=str):
 """Return formatted value for input value, returns as out_type. Caveat emptor: if out_type is bool and value a string, return will be True if str is 'True'. It will be False for all other cases. Args: value: the value to format default: if value is None, set to this out_type: cast return as this type Returns: Formatted value of type out_type """

        if value is None:
            value = default

        if isinstance(value, SpecialTagDirective):
            result = value.get_value(self)
            return types.cast_to_type(result, out_type)
        if isinstance(value, str):
            result = self.get_formatted_string(value)
            result_type = type(result)
            if out_type is result_type:
                # get_formatted_string result is already a string
                return result
            elif out_type is bool and result_type is str:
                # casting a str to bool is always True, hence special case. If
                # the str value is 'False'/'false', presumably user can
                # reasonably expect a bool False response.
                return result.lower() in ['true', '1', '1.0']
            else:
                return out_type(result)
        else:
            return out_type(value)