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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_element_id(self, complete_name):
 """Get the TocElement element id-number of the element with the supplied name."""

        [group, name] = complete_name.split('.')
        element = self.get_element(group, name)
        if element:
            return element.ident
        else:
            logger.warning('Unable to find variable [%s]', complete_name)
            return None