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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 import_module(module_name):
 """Helper function to import module"""

    import sys, os
    import importlib
    sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(__file__))
    return importlib.import_module(module_name)