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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 _parse(string):
 """ Very simple config values parser. """

    if not isinstance(string, str):
        raise ValueError('Config value "{0}" expected to be string.'
                         .format(string))
    if string in ['true', 'True']:
        return True
    elif string in ['false', 'False']:
        return False
    elif string in ['float64', 'float32', 'float16',
                    'int64', 'int32', 'int16']:
        return getattr(np, string)
    else:
        try:
            return int(string)
        except ValueError:
            pass
        try:
            return float(string)
        except ValueError:
            return string