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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 numeric_value(self):
 """Numeric value assigned to element by user, np.nan if absent."""

        numeric_value = self._element_dict.get("numeric_value")
        return np.nan if numeric_value is None else numeric_value