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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 startElement (self, name, attrs):
                '''if there's a start method for this element, call it
                '''
                func = getattr(self, 'start_' + name, None)
                if func:
                        func(attrs)