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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_md5(string):
 """Get a string's MD5"""

    try:
        hasher = hashlib.md5()
    except BaseException:
        hasher = hashlib.new('md5', usedForSecurity=False)
    hasher.update(string)
    return hasher.hexdigest()