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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 put(self, item):
        ''' store item in sqlite database
        '''
        if isinstance(item, self._item_class):
            self._put_one(item)
        elif isinstance(item, (list, tuple)):
            self._put_many(item)
        else:
            raise RuntimeError('Unknown item(s) type, %s' % type(item))