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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 _parseCounters(self, data):
 """Parse simple stats list of key, value pairs. @param data: Multiline data with one key-value pair in each line. @return: Dictionary of stats. """

        info_dict = util.NestedDict()
        for line in data.splitlines():
            mobj = re.match('^\s*([\w\.]+)\s*=\s*(\S.*)$', line)
            if mobj:
                (key, value) = mobj.groups()
                klist = key.split('.')
                info_dict.set_nested(klist, parse_value(value))
        return info_dict