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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 appendData(self, content):
 		""" 		Add characters to the element's pcdata. 		"""

		if self.pcdata is not None:
			self.pcdata += content
		else:
			self.pcdata = content