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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 logGPMsg(self, printMsg=True):
 """ logs the arcpy messages and prints them to the screen """

        from arcpy import GetMessages

        msgs = GetMessages()
        try:
            self.logMsg(msgs, printMsg)
        except:
            self.logMsg('error getting arcpy message', printMsg)