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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 load_file_to_string(self):
 """ load a file to a string """

        try:
            with open(self.fullname, 'r') as f:
                txt = f.read()
            return txt
        except IOError:
            return ''