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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 add_codedValue(self, name, code):
 """ adds a value to the coded value list """

        if self._codedValues is None:
            self._codedValues = []
        self._codedValues.append(
            {"name": name, "code": code}
        )