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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 samples(self, anystring, limit=None, offset=None, sortby=None):
        '''Return an object representing the samples identified by the input domain, IP, or URL'''

        uri = self._uris['samples'].format(anystring)
        params = {'limit': limit, 'offset': offset, 'sortby': sortby}

        return self.get_parse(uri, params)