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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 set_timeout(self, timeout=None, code=None):
 """ set the timeout for plugin operations when timeout is reached, exit properly with nagios-compliant output arguments: timeout: timeout in seconds code: exit status code """

        if timeout is None:
            timeout = self.args.timeout if self.args.timeout else 10
        if code is None:
            code = UNKNOWN
        self._timeout_delay = timeout
        self._timeout_code = code
        signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, self._timeout_handler)
        signal.alarm(timeout)