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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 format_help(self, description):
 """ Format the setting's description into HTML. """

        for bold in ("``", "*"):
            parts = []
            if description is None:
                description = ""
            for i, s in enumerate(description.split(bold)):
                parts.append(s if i % 2 == 0 else "<b>%s</b>" % s)
            description = "".join(parts)
        description = urlize(description, autoescape=False)
        return mark_safe(description.replace("\n", "<br>"))