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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 loadTargetPatterns(self, filename, cols = None, everyNrows = 1, delim = ' ', checkEven = 1):
 """ Loads targets as patterns from file. """

        self.loadTargetPatternssFromFile(filename, cols, everyNrows,
                                         delim, checkEven)