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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 dump(self, output, close_after_write=True):
 """Write data to the output with tabular format. Args: output (file descriptor or str):
 file descriptor or path to the output file. close_after_write (bool, optional):
 Close the output after write. Defaults to |True|. """


        try:
            output.write
            self.stream = output
        except AttributeError:
            self.stream = io.open(output, "w", encoding="utf-8")

        try:
            self.write_table()
        finally:
            if close_after_write:
                self.stream.close()
                self.stream = sys.stdout