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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 ignore_exceptions(f):
 """Decorator catches and ignores any exceptions raised by this function."""

    @functools.wraps(f)
    def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
        try:
            return f(*args, **kwargs)
        except:
            logging.exception("Ignoring exception in %r", f)
    return wrapped