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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 to_offset(freq):
 """Convert a frequency string to the appropriate subclass of BaseCFTimeOffset."""

    if isinstance(freq, BaseCFTimeOffset):
        return freq
    else:
        try:
            freq_data = re.match(_PATTERN, freq).groupdict()
        except AttributeError:
            raise ValueError('Invalid frequency string provided')

    freq = freq_data['freq']
    multiples = freq_data['multiple']
    if multiples is None:
        multiples = 1
    else:
        multiples = int(multiples)

    return _FREQUENCIES[freq](n=multiples)