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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 dict_merged(d, _filter=None, **kw):
 """Update dictionary d with the items passed as kw if the value passes _filter."""

    def f(s):
        if _filter:
            return _filter(s)
        return s is not None
    d = d or {}
    for k, v in iteritems(kw):
        if f(v):
            d[k] = v
    return d