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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 get_variable_values( schema, # type: GraphQLSchema definition_asts, # type: List[VariableDefinition] inputs, # type: Any ):
 """Prepares an object map of variables of the correct type based on the provided variable definitions and arbitrary input. If the input cannot be parsed to match the variable definitions, a GraphQLError will be thrown."""

    if inputs is None:
        inputs = {}

    values = {}
    for def_ast in definition_asts:
        var_name = def_ast.variable.name.value
        var_type = type_from_ast(schema, def_ast.type)
        value = inputs.get(var_name)

        if not is_input_type(var_type):
            raise GraphQLError(
                'Variable "${var_name}" expected value of type "{var_type}" which cannot be used as an input type.'.format(
                    var_name=var_name, var_type=print_ast(def_ast.type)
                ),
                [def_ast],
            )
        elif value is None:
            if def_ast.default_value is not None:
                values[var_name] = value_from_ast(
                    def_ast.default_value, var_type
                )  # type: ignore
            if isinstance(var_type, GraphQLNonNull):
                raise GraphQLError(
                    'Variable "${var_name}" of required type "{var_type}" was not provided.'.format(
                        var_name=var_name, var_type=var_type
                    ),
                    [def_ast],
                )
        else:
            errors = is_valid_value(value, var_type)
            if errors:
                message = u"\n" + u"\n".join(errors)
                raise GraphQLError(
                    'Variable "${}" got invalid value {}.{}'.format(
                        var_name, json.dumps(value, sort_keys=True), message
                    ),
                    [def_ast],
                )
            coerced_value = coerce_value(var_type, value)
            if coerced_value is None:
                raise Exception("Should have reported error.")

            values[var_name] = coerced_value

    return values