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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 _parseIsTag(self):
 """ Detect whether the element is HTML tag or not. Result is saved to the :attr:`_istag` property. """

        el = self._element
        self._istag = el and el[0] == "<" and el[-1] == ">"