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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 create_database(self, name, owner=None):
 """ Create a new MapD database Parameters name : string Database name """

        statement = ddl.CreateDatabase(name, owner=owner)
        self._execute(statement)