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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 create(provider, count=1, name=None, **kwargs):
    r'''
    Create one or more cloud servers

    Args:
        * provider (str): Cloud provider, e.g. ec2, digitalocean
        * count (int) =1: Number of instances
        * name (str) =None: Name of server(s)
        * \**kwargs: Provider-specific flags
    '''
    count = int(count)
    provider = provider_by_name(provider)
    options = provider.create_server_defaults
    options.update(kwargs)
    names = [name] * count
    provider.validate_create_options(**options)
    return provider.create_servers(count, names, **options)