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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 match_regexp(self, value, q, strict=False):
 """if value matches a regexp q"""

        value = stringify(value)
        mr = re.compile(q)
        if value is not None:
            if mr.match(value):
                return
        self.shout('%r not matching the regexp %r', strict, value, q)