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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 _get_object_as_soft(self):
 """Get the object as SOFT formated string."""

        soft = ["^%s = %s" % (self.geotype, self.name),
                self._get_metadata_as_string(),
                self._get_columns_as_string(),
                self._get_table_as_string()]
        return "\n".join(soft)