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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 _publish_stats(self, counter_prefix, stats):
 """Given a stats dictionary from _get_stats_from_socket, publish the individual values. """

        for stat_name, stat_value in flatten_dictionary(
            stats,
            prefix=counter_prefix,
        ):
            self.publish_gauge(stat_name, stat_value)