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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 _backward_delete_char(text, pos):
 """Delete the character behind pos."""

    if pos == 0:
        return text, pos
    return text[:pos - 1] + text[pos:], pos - 1