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Sourcery refactoring id: square-identity

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Description:

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Replaces cases of a variable being multiplied by itself with squaring that variable

Before:

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def square(variable: int):
    return variable * variable

After:

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def square(variable: int):
    return variable**2

Explanation:

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This identity can make the code slightly shorter and easier to read.