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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 append(self, map):
 """ Appends new elements to this map. :param map: a map with elements to be added. """

        if isinstance(map, dict):
            for (k, v) in map.items():
                key = StringConverter.to_string(k)
                value = v
                self.put(key, value)