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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 _non_unicode_repr(objekt, context, maxlevels, level):
 """ Used to override the pprint format method to get rid of unicode prefixes. E.g.: 'John' instead of u'John'. """

    repr_string, isreadable, isrecursive = pprint._safe_repr(objekt, context,
                                                             maxlevels, level)
    if repr_string.startswith('u"') or repr_string.startswith("u'"):
        repr_string = repr_string[1:]
    return repr_string, isreadable, isrecursive