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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_module_path(module_name):
 """Gets the module path without importing anything. Avoids conflicts with package dependencies. (taken from http://github.com/sitkatech/pypatch) """

    path = sys.path
    for name in module_name.split('.'):
        file_pointer, path, desc = imp.find_module(name, path)
        path = [path, ]
        if file_pointer is not None:
            file_pointer.close()

    return path[0]