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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 string_value(node):
 """Compute the string-value of a node."""

    if (node.nodeType == node.DOCUMENT_NODE or
        node.nodeType == node.ELEMENT_NODE):
        s = u''
        for n in axes['descendant'](node):
            if n.nodeType == n.TEXT_NODE:
                s += n.data
        return s

    elif node.nodeType == node.ATTRIBUTE_NODE:
        return node.value

    elif (node.nodeType == node.PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE or
          node.nodeType == node.COMMENT_NODE or
          node.nodeType == node.TEXT_NODE):
        return node.data