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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 reads(text, fmt, as_version=4, **kwargs):
 """Read a notebook from a string"""

    fmt = copy(fmt)
    fmt = long_form_one_format(fmt)
    ext = fmt['extension']

    if ext == '.ipynb':
        return nbformat.reads(text, as_version, **kwargs)

    format_name = read_format_from_metadata(text, ext) or fmt.get('format_name')

    if format_name:
        format_options = {}
    else:
        format_name, format_options = guess_format(text, ext)

    if format_name:
        fmt['format_name'] = format_name

    fmt.update(format_options)
    reader = TextNotebookConverter(fmt)
    notebook = reader.reads(text, **kwargs)
    rearrange_jupytext_metadata(notebook.metadata)

    if format_name and insert_or_test_version_number():
        notebook.metadata.setdefault('jupytext', {}).setdefault('text_representation', {}).update(
            {'extension': ext, 'format_name': format_name})

    return notebook