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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_increment(self, dictionary, key):
 """Increments the value of the dictionary at the specified key."""

        if key in dictionary:
            dictionary[key] += 1
        else:
            dictionary[key] = 1