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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 simulate(self):
 """Returns a randomly constructed string. Simulate randomly constructs a string with a length between min and max. If min is not present, a minimum length of 1 is assumed, if max is not present a maximum length of 10 is used. """

        min_ = 1 if self._min is None else self._min
        max_ = 10 if self._max is None else self._max
        n = min_ if (min_ >= max_) else random.randint(min_, max_)
        chars = string.ascii_letters + string.digits
        return ''.join(random.choice(chars) for x in range(n))