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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 unify_quotes(token_string, preferred_quote):
 """Return string with quotes changed to preferred_quote if possible."""

    bad_quote = {'"': "'",
                 "'": '"'}[preferred_quote]

    allowed_starts = {
        '': bad_quote,
        'f': 'f' + bad_quote,
        'b': 'b' + bad_quote
    }

    if not any(token_string.startswith(start)
               for start in allowed_starts.values()):
        return token_string

    if token_string.count(bad_quote) != 2:
        return token_string

    if preferred_quote in token_string:
        return token_string

    assert token_string.endswith(bad_quote)
    assert len(token_string) >= 2
    for prefix, start in allowed_starts.items():
        if token_string.startswith(start):
            chars_to_strip_from_front = len(start)
            return '{prefix}{preferred_quote}{token}{preferred_quote}'.format(
                prefix=prefix,
                preferred_quote=preferred_quote,
                token=token_string[chars_to_strip_from_front:-1]
            )