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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 get_opt( self, opt):
 """ Returns the value associated with the given command line option. Returns None if the option does not exist in the options list. @param opt: command line option """

    if self.__options.has_key(opt):
      return self.__options[opt]
    return None