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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 equals_as(self, value_type, other):
 """ Compares this object value to specified specified value. When direct comparison gives negative results it converts values to type specified by type code and compare them again. :param value_type: the Typecode type that defined the type of the result :param other: the value to be compared with. :return: true when objects are equal and false otherwise. """

        if other == None and self.value == None:
            return True
        if other == None or self.value == None:
            return False

        if isinstance(other, AnyValue):
            other = other._value

        if other == self.value:
            return True
        
        value1 = TypeConverter.to_type(value_type, self.value)
        value2 = TypeConverter.to_type(value_type, other)

        if value1 == None or value2 == None:
            return False

        return value1 == value2