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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+def run_quickstart():
+    # [START bigquery_quickstart]
+    # Imports the Google Cloud client library
+    from google.cloud import bigquery
+
+    # Instantiates a client
+    bigquery_client = bigquery.Client()
+
+    # The name for the new dataset
+    dataset_name = 'my_new_dataset'
+
+    # Prepares the new dataset
+    dataset = bigquery_client.dataset(dataset_name)
+
+    # Creates the new dataset
+    dataset.create()
+
+    print('Dataset {} created.'.format(dataset.name))
+    # [END bigquery_quickstart]
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    run_quickstart()