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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 detect_console_encoding():
 """ Try to find the most capable encoding supported by the console. slightly modified from the way IPython handles the same issue. """

    global _initial_defencoding

    encoding = None
    try:
        encoding = sys.stdout.encoding or sys.stdin.encoding
    except (AttributeError, IOError):
        pass

    # try again for something better
    if not encoding or 'ascii' in encoding.lower():
        try:
            encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding()
        except Exception:
            pass

    # when all else fails. this will usually be "ascii"
    if not encoding or 'ascii' in encoding.lower():
        encoding = sys.getdefaultencoding()

    # GH#3360, save the reported defencoding at import time
    # MPL backends may change it. Make available for debugging.
    if not _initial_defencoding:
        _initial_defencoding = sys.getdefaultencoding()

    return encoding