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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 _create_paths(self, basedir, name=None):
 """Create datadir and subdir paths."""

        if name:
            datapath = os.path.join(basedir, name)
        else:
            datapath = basedir

        dbpath = os.path.join(datapath, 'db')
        if not os.path.exists(dbpath):
            os.makedirs(dbpath)
        if self.args['verbose']:
            print('creating directory: %s' % dbpath)

        return datapath