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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 create_flavor(self, nova, name, ram, vcpus, disk, flavorid="auto", ephemeral=0, swap=0, rxtx_factor=1.0, is_public=True):
 """Create the specified flavor."""

        try:
            nova.flavors.find(name=name)
        except (exceptions.NotFound, exceptions.NoUniqueMatch):
            self.log.debug('Creating flavor ({})'.format(name))
            nova.flavors.create(name, ram, vcpus, disk, flavorid,
                                ephemeral, swap, rxtx_factor, is_public)