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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 get_indent(self, string):
 """ Look through the string and count the spaces """

        indent_amt = 0

        if string[0] == '\t':
            return '\t'
        for char in string:
            if char == ' ':
                indent_amt += 1
            else:
                return ' ' * indent_amt