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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 _ends_with(self, string_to_edit, end):
 # pylint: disable=no-self-use """ Check if string ends with characters in end, if not merge end to string. :param string_to_edit: string to check and edit. :param end: str :return: string_to_edit or string_to_edit + end """

        if not string_to_edit.endswith(end):
            return string_to_edit + end
        return string_to_edit