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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 encrypt_files(self, file_list, force_nocompress=False, force_compress=False, armored=False, checksum=False):
 """public method for multiple file encryption with optional compression, ASCII armored formatting, and file hash digest generation"""

        for the_file in file_list:
            self.encrypt_file(the_file, force_nocompress, force_compress, armored, checksum)