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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 data_directory():
 """Return the absolute path to the directory containing the package data."""

    package_directory = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
    return os.path.join(package_directory, "data")