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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 _prepare_group2ctxs(group2ctxs, ctx_len):
 """Prepare the group2contexts, will duplicate the context if some ctx_group map to only one context. """

    if group2ctxs is None:
        return [None] * ctx_len
    elif isinstance(group2ctxs, list):
        assert(len(group2ctxs) == ctx_len), "length of group2ctxs\
            should be %d" % ctx_len
        return group2ctxs
    elif isinstance(group2ctxs, dict):
        ret = [{} for i in range(ctx_len)]
        for k, v in group2ctxs.items():
            ctxs = None
            if isinstance(v, ctx.Context):
                ctxs = [v] * ctx_len
            else:
                if len(v) == 1:
                    ctxs = v * ctx_len
                else:
                    assert(len(v) == ctx_len), "length of group2ctxs[%s]\
                        should be %d or 1" % (k, ctx_len)
                    ctxs = v
            for i in range(ctx_len):
                ret[i][k] = ctxs[i]
        return ret
    else:
        assert(False), "group2ctxs should be list of dict of str to context,\
            or dict of str to context or list of context"
        return False