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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 rank(self, item, reverse=False):
 """Return the rank of the given item."""

        fn = reverse and self.database.zrevrank or self.database.zrank
        return fn(self.key, item)