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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 initialize_logging(args):
 """Configure the root logger with some sensible defaults."""

    log_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
    log_formatter = logging.Formatter(
        "%(levelname)s %(asctime)s %(name)s:%(lineno)04d - %(message)s")
    log_handler.setFormatter(log_formatter)

    root_logger = logging.getLogger()
    root_logger.addHandler(log_handler)
    root_logger.setLevel(getattr(logging, args.loglevel))