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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 othertype(self, othertype):
 """ Set the ``OTHERTYPE`` attribute value. """

        if othertype is not None:
            self._el.set('TYPE', 'OTHER')
            self._el.set('OTHERTYPE', othertype)