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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 echo( message=None, file=None, nl=True, err=False, color=None, carriage_return=False ):
 """ Patched click echo function. """

    message = message or ""
    if carriage_return and nl:
        click_echo(message + "\r\n", file, False, err, color)
    elif carriage_return and not nl:
        click_echo(message + "\r", file, False, err, color)
    else:
        click_echo(message, file, nl, err, color)