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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 strtype(self):
 """Returns a string representing the type and kind of this value element."""

        if self.kind is not None:
            return "{}({})".format(self.dtype, self.kind)
        else:
            return self.dtype