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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 _re_raise_as(NewExc, *args, **kw):
 """Raise a new exception using the preserved traceback of the last one."""

    etype, val, tb = sys.exc_info()
    raise NewExc(*args, **kw), None, tb