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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_code=None):

 """ Set status or Get Status """

        if status_code is not None:
            self.response_model.status = status_code
        # return string for response support
        return str(self.response_model.status)