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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def _convert_type(self, data_type):
        '''
        CDF data types to python struct data types
        '''
        if (data_type == 1) or (data_type == 41):
            dt_string = 'b'
        elif data_type == 2:
            dt_string = 'h'
        elif data_type == 4:
            dt_string = 'i'
        elif (data_type == 8) or (data_type == 33):
            dt_string = 'q'
        elif data_type == 11:
            dt_string = 'B'
        elif data_type == 12:
            dt_string = 'H'
        elif data_type == 14:
            dt_string = 'I'
        elif (data_type == 21) or (data_type == 44):
            dt_string = 'f'
        elif (data_type == 22) or (data_type == 45) or (data_type == 31):
            dt_string = 'd'
        elif (data_type == 32):
            dt_string = 'd'
        elif (data_type == 51) or (data_type == 52):
            dt_string = 's'
        return dt_string