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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 _get_cursor(self):
        '''
        Yield a SQLCipher cursor
        '''
        _options = self._get_options()
        conn = sqlcipher.connect(_options.get('database'),
                                 timeout=float(_options.get('timeout')))
        conn.execute('pragma key="{0}"'.format(_options.get('pass')))
        cursor = conn.cursor()
        try:
            yield cursor
        except sqlcipher.Error as err:
            log.exception('Error in ext_pillar SQLCipher: %s', err.args)
        finally:
            conn.close()