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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 _finalize_ticks(self, axis, element, xticks, yticks, zticks):
 """ Apply ticks with appropriate offsets. """

        yalignments = None
        if xticks is not None:
            ticks, labels, yalignments = zip(*sorted(xticks, key=lambda x: x[0]))
            xticks = (list(ticks), list(labels))
        super(BarPlot, self)._finalize_ticks(axis, element, xticks, yticks, zticks)
        if yalignments:
            for t, y in zip(axis.get_xticklabels(), yalignments):
                t.set_y(y)