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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 _indent(x):
 """Indent a string by 4 characters."""

    lines = x.splitlines()
    for i, line in enumerate(lines):
        lines[i] = '    ' + line
    return '\n'.join(lines)