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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 status(self, status):
 """Sets the status of this StoreCreditPayment. :param status: The status of this StoreCreditPayment. :type: str """

        allowed_values = ["pending", "awaitingRetry", "successful", "failed"]
        if status is not None and status not in allowed_values:
            raise ValueError(
                "Invalid value for `status` ({0}), must be one of {1}"
                .format(status, allowed_values)
            )

        self._status = status