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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 _isstring(dtype):
 """Given a numpy dtype, determines whether it is a string. Returns True if the dtype is string or unicode. """

    return dtype.type == numpy.unicode_ or dtype.type == numpy.string_