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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 _buildNewKeyname(self,key,prepend):
 """ Builds a new keyword based on original keyword name and a prepend string. """


        if len(prepend+key) <= 8: _new_key = prepend+key
        else: _new_key = str(prepend+key)[:8]

        return _new_key