Create a filtering function that selects data from the DataFrame based on the multiples criteria

[TatianaBurek]

Create a filtering function that selects data from the DataFrame based on the multiples criteria. A lot of current and future METcalcpy and METplotpy code have this functionality. It would be nice to have a common code and use it everywhere.

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The function should receive a DataFrame and a list of criteria in the format we will agree on.
The function will return filtered data

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