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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 http_range(self) -> slice: """The content of Range HTTP header. Return a slice instance. """

        rng = self._headers.get(hdrs.RANGE)
        start, end = None, None
        if rng is not None:
            try:
                pattern = r'^bytes=(\d*)-(\d*)$'
                start, end = re.findall(pattern, rng)[0]
            except IndexError:  # pattern was not found in header
                raise ValueError("range not in acceptable format")

            end = int(end) if end else None
            start = int(start) if start else None

            if start is None and end is not None:
                # end with no start is to return tail of content
                start = -end
                end = None

            if start is not None and end is not None:
                # end is inclusive in range header, exclusive for slice
                end += 1

                if start >= end:
                    raise ValueError('start cannot be after end')

            if start is end is None:  # No valid range supplied
                raise ValueError('No start or end of range specified')

        return slice(start, end, 1)