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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 _where(self, **kwargs):
        '''use this to filter VLists with kv pairs'''
        out = self
        for k,v in kwargs.items():
            out = out.where(k, lambda i:i==v)
        return out