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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 status(host=DEFAULT_HOST, port=DEFAULT_PORT):
    '''
    Get memcached status

    CLI Example:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt '*' memcached.status
    '''
    conn = _connect(host, port)
    try:
        stats = _check_stats(conn)[0]
    except (CommandExecutionError, IndexError):
        return False
    else:
        return {stats[0]: stats[1]}