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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 execute(*args, **kwargs):
 """A wrapper of pyntcontrib's execute that handles kwargs"""

    if kwargs:
        # TODO: Remove this when pyntcontrib's execute does this
        args = list(args)
        args.extend(_kwargs_to_execute_args(kwargs))
    _execute(*args)