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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 getAttributeUri(self, index):
 """ Returns the numeric ID for the namespace URI of an attribute """

        offset = self._get_attribute_offset(index)
        uri = self.m_attributes[offset + ATTRIBUTE_IX_NAMESPACE_URI]

        return uri