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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 _cast_value(value, _type):
 """ cast value to _type """

    if _type.upper() == 'FLOAT64':
        return float64(value)
    elif _type.upper() == 'FLOAT32':
        return float32(value)
    elif _type.upper() == 'INT32':
        return int32(value)
    elif _type.upper() == 'UINT16':
        return uint16(value)
    elif _type.upper() == 'INT16':
        return int16(value)
    elif _type.upper() == 'BOOLEAN':
        return uint8(value)
    else:
        return float64(value)