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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 item_before(self, item):
 """The item before an item :param item: The item to get the previous item relative to """

        prev_iter = self._prev_iter_for(item)
        if prev_iter is not None:
            return self._object_at_iter(prev_iter)