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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 create_values(self, value_names):
 """Read original values from the settings or the defaults. Parameters value_names : list of str list of value names to read Returns ------- dict dictionary with the value names as keys """

        output = {}
        for value_name in value_names:
            output[value_name] = read_settings(self.widget, value_name)

        return output