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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 _parse_string_to_list_of_pairs(s, seconds_to_int=False):
 r"""Parses a string into a list of pairs. In the input string, each pair is separated by a colon, and the delimiters between pairs are any of " ,.;". e.g. "rows:32,cols:32" Args: s: str to parse. seconds_to_int: Boolean. If True, then the second elements are returned as integers; otherwise they are strings. Returns: List of tuple pairs. Raises: ValueError: Badly formatted string. """

  ret = []
  for p in [s.split(":") for s in re.sub("[,.;]", " ", s).split()]:
    if len(p) != 2:
      raise ValueError("bad input to _parse_string_to_list_of_pairs %s" % s)
    if seconds_to_int:
      ret.append((p[0], int(p[1])))
    else:
      ret.append(tuple(p))
  return ret