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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_exception(exception_class):
 """A decorator that ignores `exception_class` exceptions"""

    def _decorator(func):
        def newfunc(*args, **kwds):
            try:
                return func(*args, **kwds)
            except exception_class:
                pass
        return newfunc
    return _decorator