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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 close(self):
 """Close the audio file and free associated memory."""

        if not self.closed:
            check(_coreaudio.ExtAudioFileDispose(self._obj))
            self.closed = True