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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 _set_aspect(self, axes, aspect):
 """ Set the aspect on the axes based on the aspect setting. """

        if ((isinstance(aspect, util.basestring) and aspect != 'square') or
            self.data_aspect):
            data_ratio = self.data_aspect or aspect
        else:
            (x0, x1), (y0, y1) = axes.get_xlim(), axes.get_ylim()
            xsize = np.log(x1) - np.log(x0) if self.logx else x1-x0
            ysize = np.log(y1) - np.log(y0) if self.logy else y1-y0
            xsize = max(abs(xsize), 1e-30)
            ysize = max(abs(ysize), 1e-30)
            data_ratio = 1./(ysize/xsize)
            if aspect != 'square':
                data_ratio = data_ratio/aspect
        axes.set_aspect(data_ratio)