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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 is_required_version(version, specified_version):
 """Check to see if there's a hard requirement for version number provided in the Pipfile. """

    # Certain packages may be defined with multiple values.
    if isinstance(specified_version, dict):
        specified_version = specified_version.get("version", "")
    if specified_version.startswith("=="):
        return version.strip() == specified_version.split("==")[1].strip()

    return True