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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 close(self):
 """Closes the gpib transport."""

        if self._device is not None:
            ibsta = self._lib.ibonl(self._device, 0)
            self._check_status(ibsta)
            self._device = None