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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 profile(self, func):
 """ Runs and profiles the method to_profile passed in. A profile object is returned. """

        pr = cProfile.Profile()
        pr.runcall(func)
        st = pstats.Stats(pr)
        st.stream = None  # make it picklable
        st.strip_dirs()

        # Adds a new profile to the existing accumulated value
        self._accumulator.add(st)