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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 comment(self, comment, show=False, endline=True, newpar=False):
 """writes a comment tag to the Purr pipe"""

        if not endline:
            comment += "<NOBR>"
        if newpar:
            comment += "<BR>"
        self._write("comment:%d:%s\n" % (int(show), comment))
        return self