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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 configure_logging(args):
 """Logging to console"""

    log_format = logging.Formatter('%(levelname)s:%(name)s:line %(lineno)s:%(message)s')
    log_level = logging.INFO if args.verbose else logging.WARN
    log_level = logging.DEBUG if args.debug else log_level
    console = logging.StreamHandler()
    console.setFormatter(log_format)
    console.setLevel(log_level)
    root_logger = logging.getLogger()
    if len(root_logger.handlers) == 0:
        root_logger.addHandler(console)
    root_logger.setLevel(log_level)
    root_logger.handlers[0].setFormatter(log_format)
    logging.getLogger(__name__)