def makeStatBar(width, maxPosition, doneChar = '=', undoneChar = '-', currentChar = '>'):
    """
    Creates a function that will return a string representing a progress bar.
    """
    aValue = width / float(maxPosition)
    def statBar(position, force = 0, last = ['']):
        assert len(last) == 1, "Don't mess with the last parameter."
        done = int(aValue * position)
        toDo = width - done - 2
        result = "[%s%s%s]" % (doneChar * done, currentChar, undoneChar * toDo)
        if force:
            last[0] = result
            return result
        if result == last[0]:
            return ''
        last[0] = result
        return result

    statBar.__doc__ = """statBar(position, force = 0) -> '[%s%s%s]'-style progress bar

    returned string is %d characters long, and the range goes from 0..%d.
    The 'position' argument is where the '%s' will be drawn.  If force is false,
    '' will be returned instead if the resulting progress bar is identical to the
    previously returned progress bar.
""" % (doneChar * 3, currentChar, undoneChar * 3, width, maxPosition, currentChar)
    return statBar

    Creates a function that will return a string representing a progress bar.
    
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