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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 _next_token(self, skipws=True):
 """Increment _token to the next token and return it."""

        self._token = next(self._tokens).group(0)
        return self._next_token() if skipws and self._token.isspace() else self._token