Parse Key-Value String Map

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Problem

Given a string data containing key-value pairs in the form key=value separated by semicolons, write a function that parses the string and returns a dictionary mapping each key to its value. Ignore malformed entries that do not contain exactly one = or that have an empty key. If a key appears multiple times, keep the last value.

Constraints

0 <= len(data) <= 10^5
Keys and values may contain any characters except ;
A valid entry must contain exactly one = and a non-empty key

Function Signature

def parse_kv_data(data):

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