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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 index(self, elem):
 """Find the index of elem in the count."""

        if elem not in self:
            raise _coconut.ValueError(_coconut.repr(elem) + " is not in count")
        return (elem - self._start) // self._step