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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 format_variable_map(variable_map, join_lines=True):
 """Takes a key-to-variable map and formats it as a table."""

  rows = []
  rows.append(("Key", "Variable", "Shape", "Type", "Collections", "Device"))
  var_to_collections = _get_vars_to_collections(variable_map)

  sort_key = lambda item: (item[0], item[1].name)
  for key, var in sorted(variable_map_items(variable_map), key=sort_key):
    shape = "x".join(str(dim) for dim in var.get_shape().as_list())
    dtype = repr(var.dtype.base_dtype).replace("tf.", "")
    coll = ", ".join(sorted(var_to_collections[var]))
    rows.append((key, var.op.name, shape, dtype, coll, _format_device(var)))
  return _format_table(rows, join_lines)