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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 env(*vars, **kwargs):
 """Returns the first environment variable set. If none are non-empty, defaults to '' or keyword arg default. """

    for v in vars:
        value = os.environ.get(v)
        if value:
            return value
    return kwargs.get('default', '')