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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 row_to_dict(row):
 """Convert a table row to a dictionary."""

    o = {}
    for colname in row.colnames:

        if isinstance(row[colname], np.string_) and row[colname].dtype.kind in ['S', 'U']:
            o[colname] = str(row[colname])
        else:
            o[colname] = row[colname]

    return o