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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 log_init(level):
 """Set up a logger that catches all channels and logs it to stdout. This is used to set up logging when testing. """

    log = logging.getLogger()
    hdlr = logging.StreamHandler()
    formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(name)s %(levelname)s %(message)s')
    hdlr.setFormatter(formatter)
    log.addHandler(hdlr)
    log.setLevel(level)