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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 accept_re(regexp, buf, pos):
 """Accept a regular expression at the current buffer position."""

    match = regexp.match(buf, pos)
    if not match:
        return None, pos
    return buf[match.start(1):match.end(1)], match.end(0)