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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 generate_seed(seed):
 """Generate seed for random number generator"""

    if seed is None:
        random.seed()
        seed = random.randint(0, sys.maxsize)
    random.seed(a=seed)

    return seed