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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 join_field(path):
 """ RETURN field SEQUENCE AS STRING """

    output = ".".join([f.replace(".", "\\.") for f in path if f != None])
    return output if output else "."