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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 _ph2f(self, placeholder):
 """Lookup a field given a field placeholder"""

        if issubclass(placeholder.cls, FieldAccessor):
            return placeholder.cls.access(self._parent, placeholder)
        return self._parent.lookup_field_by_placeholder(placeholder)