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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 create_directory(directory):
 """Create directory but first delete it if it exists"""

    if os.path.exists(directory):
        rmtree(directory)
    os.makedirs(directory)
    return directory