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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 __convert_string(node):
 """Converts a StringProperty node to JSON format."""

    converted = __convert_node(node, default_flags=vsflags(VSFlags.UserValue))

    return __check_for_flag(converted)