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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 _get_args(self, *args) -> (Exception, str):
 """ Returns exception and message from the provided arguments """

        ex = None
        msg = None
        for arg in args:
            if isinstance(arg, str):
                msg = arg
            elif isinstance(arg, Exception):
                ex = arg
        return ex, msg