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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 almostequal(first, second, places=7, printit=True):
 """ Test if two values are equal to a given number of places. This is based on python's unittest so may be covered by Python's license. """

    if first == second:
        return True

    if round(abs(second - first), places) != 0:
        if printit:
            print(round(abs(second - first), places))
            print("notalmost: %s != %s to %i places" % (first, second, places))
        return False
    else:
        return True