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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 _parse_proplist(data):
    '''
    Parse properties list.
    '''
    out = {}
    for line in data.split("\n"):
        line = re.split(r"\s+", line, 1)
        if len(line) == 2:
            out[line[0]] = line[1]

    return out