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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 configure_logging(verbose, logger):
 """Configures the logging used."""

    if not verbose:
        log_level = logging.WARNING
    elif verbose == 1:
        log_level = logging.INFO
    else:
        log_level = logging.DEBUG
    logger.setLevel(log_level)
    ch = colorlog.StreamHandler()
    ch.setLevel(log_level)
    formatter = colorlog.ColoredFormatter(
        '%(log_color)s%(asctime)s %(name)s %(levelname)s: %(message)s')
    ch.setFormatter(formatter)
    logger.addHandler(ch)