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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 _increment_prop(self, prop, path=None, **kwargs):
 """ increments the property path count args: ----- prop: the key for the prop path: the path to the prop kwargs: ------- current: dictionary count for the current dictionay """

        new_path = self.make_path(prop, path)
        if self.method == 'simple':
            counter = kwargs['current']
        else:
            counter = self.counts
        try:
            counter[new_path] += 1
        except KeyError:
            counter[new_path] = 1
        return counter