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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 _get_dest(*args, **kwargs):
 # pragma: no cover """ Duplicate argument names processing logic from argparse. argparse stores the variable in the namespace using the provided dest name, the first long option string, or the first short option string """

    prefix_chars = kwargs.get('prefix_chars', '-')
    # determine short and long option strings
    option_strings = []
    long_option_strings = []

    for option_string in args:
        # strings starting with two prefix characters are long options
        option_strings.append(option_string)
        if option_string[0] in prefix_chars:
            if len(option_string) > 1:
                if option_string[1] in prefix_chars:
                    long_option_strings.append(option_string)

    # infer destination, '--foo-bar' -> 'foo_bar' and '-x' -> 'x'
    dest = kwargs.get('dest', None)
    if dest is None:
        if long_option_strings:
            dest_option_string = long_option_strings[0]
        else:
            dest_option_string = option_strings[0]
        dest = dest_option_string.lstrip(prefix_chars)
        if not dest:
            msg = _('dest= is required for options like %r')
            raise ValueError(msg % option_string)
        dest = dest.replace('-', '_')

    # return the updated dest name
    return dest