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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 drop_table(self, cursor, target, options):
        "Drops the target table."
        sql = 'DROP TABLE IF EXISTS {0}'
        cursor.execute(sql.format(self.qualified_names[target]))