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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 parallelize(self, c, numSlices=None):
 """ Distribute a local Python collection to form an RDD. Using xrange is recommended if the input represents a range for performance. [[0], [2], [3], [4], [6]] [[], [0], [], [2], [4]] """

        numSlices = int(numSlices) if numSlices is not None else self.defaultParallelism
        if isinstance(c, xrange):
            size = len(c)
            if size == 0:
                return self.parallelize([], numSlices)
            step = c[1] - c[0] if size > 1 else 1
            start0 = c[0]

            def getStart(split):
                return start0 + int((split * size / numSlices)) * step

            def f(split, iterator):
                # it's an empty iterator here but we need this line for triggering the
                # logic of signal handling in FramedSerializer.load_stream, for instance,
                # SpecialLengths.END_OF_DATA_SECTION in _read_with_length. Since
                # FramedSerializer.load_stream produces a generator, the control should
                # at least be in that function once. Here we do it by explicitly converting
                # the empty iterator to a list, thus make sure worker reuse takes effect.
                # See more details in SPARK-26549.
                assert len(list(iterator)) == 0
                return xrange(getStart(split), getStart(split + 1), step)

            return self.parallelize([], numSlices).mapPartitionsWithIndex(f)

        # Make sure we distribute data evenly if it's smaller than self.batchSize
        if "__len__" not in dir(c):
            c = list(c)    # Make it a list so we can compute its length
        batchSize = max(1, min(len(c) // numSlices, self._batchSize or 1024))
        serializer = BatchedSerializer(self._unbatched_serializer, batchSize)

        def reader_func(temp_filename):
            return self._jvm.PythonRDD.readRDDFromFile(self._jsc, temp_filename, numSlices)

        def createRDDServer():
            return self._jvm.PythonParallelizeServer(self._jsc.sc(), numSlices)

        jrdd = self._serialize_to_jvm(c, serializer, reader_func, createRDDServer)
        return RDD(jrdd, self, serializer)