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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_class(class_string):
 """ Get a class from a dotted string """

    split_string = class_string.encode('ascii').split('.')
    import_path = '.'.join(split_string[:-1])
    class_name = split_string[-1]

    if class_name:
        try:
            if import_path:
                mod = __import__(import_path, globals(), {}, [class_name])
                cls = getattr(mod, class_name)
            else:
                cls = __import__(class_name, globals(), {})
            if cls:
                return cls
        except (ImportError, AttributeError):
            pass

    return None