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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 _as_dict(self):
 """ Returns a map of column names to cleaned values """

        values = self._dynamic_columns or {}
        for name, col in self._columns.items():
            values[name] = col.to_database(getattr(self, name, None))
        return values