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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 close(self):
        '''Closes connection with the q service.'''
        if self._connection:
            self._connection_file.close()
            self._connection_file = None
            self._connection.close()
            self._connection = None