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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 savestate(self, state):
 """Save the sampler's state in a state.txt file."""

        oldstate = np.get_printoptions()
        np.set_printoptions(threshold=1e6)
        try:
            with open(os.path.join(self._directory, 'state.txt'), 'w') as f:
                print_(state, file=f)
        finally:
            np.set_printoptions(**oldstate)