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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_path(path):
 """ Fetch the string value from a path-like object Returns **None** if there is no string value. """


    if isinstance(path, (six.string_types, bytes)):
        return path
    path_type = type(path)
    try:
        path_repr = path_type.__fspath__(path)
    except AttributeError:
        return
    if isinstance(path_repr, (six.string_types, bytes)):
        return path_repr
    return