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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 edge_average(a):
    "Return the mean value around the edge of an array."

    if len(np.ravel(a)) < 2:
        return float(a[0])
    else:
        top_edge = a[0]
        bottom_edge = a[-1]
        left_edge = a[1:-1,0]
        right_edge = a[1:-1,-1]

        edge_sum = np.sum(top_edge) + np.sum(bottom_edge) + np.sum(left_edge) + np.sum(right_edge)
        num_values = len(top_edge)+len(bottom_edge)+len(left_edge)+len(right_edge)

        return float(edge_sum)/num_values