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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 count(self, *_clauses, **kwargs):
 """Return the count of results for the given filter set."""

        # NOTE: this does not have support for limit and offset since I can't
        # see how this is useful. Still, there might be compatibility issues
        # with people using these flags. Let's see how it goes.
        if not self.exists:
            return 0

        args = self._args_to_clause(kwargs, clauses=_clauses)
        query = select([func.count()], whereclause=args)
        query = query.select_from(self.table)
        rp = self.db.executable.execute(query)
        return rp.fetchone()[0]