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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 build_where_stmt(self, ident, filters, q_filters=None, source_class=None):
 """ construct a where statement from some filters """

        if q_filters is not None:
            stmts = self._parse_q_filters(ident, q_filters, source_class)
            if stmts:
                self._ast['where'].append(stmts)
        else:
            stmts = []
            for row in filters:
                negate = False

                # pre-process NOT cases as they are nested dicts
                if '__NOT__' in row and len(row) == 1:
                    negate = True
                    row = row['__NOT__']

                for prop, op_and_val in row.items():
                    op, val = op_and_val
                    if op in _UNARY_OPERATORS:
                        # unary operators do not have a parameter
                        statement = '{0} {1}.{2} {3}'.format('NOT' if negate else '', ident, prop, op)
                    else:
                        place_holder = self._register_place_holder(ident + '_' + prop)
                        statement = '{0} {1}.{2} {3} {{{4}}}'.format('NOT' if negate else '', ident, prop, op, place_holder)
                        self._query_params[place_holder] = val
                    stmts.append(statement)

            self._ast['where'].append(' AND '.join(stmts))