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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 _count_counters(self, counter):
 """Return all elements count from Counter """

        if getattr(self, 'as_set', False):
            return len(set(counter))
        else:
            return sum(counter.values())