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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_group_index(self, index):
 """Find and return the appropriate group index."""


        g_index = None
        for group in self.groups:
            if group[0] == index:
                g_index = group[1]
                break
        return g_index