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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 _resolve_name(name, package, level):
 """Return the absolute name of the module to be imported."""

    if not hasattr(package, 'rindex'):
        raise ValueError("'package' not set to a string")
    dot = len(package)
    for x in xrange(level, 1, -1):
        try:
            dot = package.rindex('.', 0, dot)
        except ValueError:
            raise ValueError("attempted relative import beyond top-level "
                              "package")
    return "%s.%s" % (package[:dot], name)