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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 settimeout(self, timeout):
 """ Set the timeout to the websocket. timeout: timeout time(second). """

        self.sock_opt.timeout = timeout
        if self.sock:
            self.sock.settimeout(timeout)