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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 keys(self):
 """Return iterable of columns used by this object."""

    columns = set()
    for name in vars(self):
      if (not name) or name[0] == "_":
        continue
      columns.add(name)
    return columns