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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 append(self, item):
 """ Appending elements to our list """

        validated_value = self.get_validated_object(item)
        if validated_value is not None:
            self.__modified_data__.append(validated_value)