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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 active(self):
 """ Returns the count of non-skipped actors. :return: the count :rtype: int """

        result = 0
        for actor in self.actors:
            if not actor.skip:
                result += 1
        return result