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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 name_to_absolute(x):
 """Convert standard hg38 HLA name into ABSOLUTE naming. """

    for c in ["-", "*", ":"]:
        x = x.replace(c, "_")
    x = x.lower()
    return x