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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 vprintf(self, alevel, format, *args):
        '''
        A verbosity-aware printf.

        '''
        if self._verbosity and self._verbosity >= alevel:
            sys.stdout.write(format % args)