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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 i2len(self, pkt, val):
 """get the length of the field, including the padding length"""

        fld_len = self._fld.i2len(pkt, val)
        return fld_len + self.padlen(fld_len)