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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 tokey(*args):
 """ Computes a unique key from arguments given. """

    salt = '||'.join([force_text(arg) for arg in args])
    hash_ = hashlib.md5(encode(salt))
    return hash_.hexdigest()