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gistfile1.py
def decode_string(x, f):
colon = x.index(':', f)
try:
n = int(x[f:colon])
except (OverflowError, ValueError):
n = long(x[f:colon])
if x[f] == '0' and colon != f+1:
raise ValueError
colon += 1
return (x[colon:colon+n], colon+n)
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