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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 _check_align(self):
 """Check if alignment has been specified, set default one if not """


        if not hasattr(self, "_align"):
            self._align = ["l"]*self._row_size
        if not hasattr(self, "_valign"):
            self._valign = ["t"]*self._row_size