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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 act(self, action):
 """Send a single action. This is a shortcut for `actions`."""

    if action and action.ListFields():  # Skip no-ops.
      return self.actions(sc_pb.RequestAction(actions=[action]))