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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 default_value(self):
 """Get the default value of the field."""

        if self.name in tsdb_coded_attributes:
            return tsdb_coded_attributes[self.name]
        elif self.datatype == ':integer':
            return -1
        else:
            return ''