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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 is_running(pid):
 """check if the process with given pid still running """

    process = get_process(pid)
    if process and process.is_running() and process.status() != "zombie":
        return True
    else:
        return False