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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 numeric_part(s):
 """Returns the leading numeric part of a string. 20 16 """


    m = re_numeric_part.match(s)
    if m:
        return int(m.group(1))
    return None