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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_type(self, s):
 """ Converts a string from Scratch to its proper type in Python. Expects a string with its delimiting quotes in place. Returns either a string, int or float. """

        # TODO: what if the number is bigger than an int or float?
        if s.startswith('"') and s.endswith('"'):
            return s[1:-1]
        elif s.find('.') != -1: 
            return float(s) 
        else: 
            return int(s)