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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 set_skips(self, skips):
 """Set the line skips."""

        skips.sort()
        internal_assert(lambda: len(set(skips)) == len(skips), "duplicate line skip(s) in skips", skips)
        self.skips = skips