new_contents: """ipynb.py -- helper functions for working with the IPython Notebook
  
  This software is licensed under the terms of the MIT License as
  follows:
  
  Copyright (c) 2013 Jessica B. Hamrick
  
  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
  a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
  "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
  without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
  distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
  permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
  the following conditions:
  
  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
  included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
  
  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
  EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
  MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
  NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
  LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
  OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
  WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  
  """
  
  import IPython.core
  import sys
  import time
  
  
  def clear_output(delay=0.0):
      """Clears the output of a cell. Useful for animating things like progress
      counters.
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      delay : number
          Seconds to delay before clearing output
  
      """
  
      sys.stdout.flush()
      if delay:
          time.sleep(delay)
      IPython.core.display.clear_output()
  
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