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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 configure(logger=None):
 """Pass stump a logger to use. If no logger is supplied, a basic logger of level INFO will print to stdout. """

    global LOGGER
    if logger is None:
        LOGGER = logging.basicConfig(stream=sys.stdout, level=logging.INFO)
    else:
        LOGGER = logger