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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 _confirm_prompt(message, prompt="\nAre you sure? [y/yes (default: no)]: ", affirmations=("Y", "Yes", "yes", "y")):
 """ Display a message, then confirmation prompt, and return true if the user responds with one of the affirmations. """

    answer = input(message + prompt)
    return answer in affirmations