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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 create_throughput(variable=primitive):
 """ Create a throughput specification """

    return (
        Suppress(upkey("throughput") | upkey("tp"))
        + Suppress("(")
        + variable
        + Suppress(",")
        + variable
        + Suppress(")")
    ).setResultsName("throughput")