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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 get_skip(self, min_skip):
 """ Gets the number of items to skip. :param min_skip: the minimum number of items to skip. :return: the number of items to skip. """

        if self.skip == None:
            return min_skip
        if self.skip < min_skip:
            return min_skip
        return self.skip