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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 _produce_return(self, cursor):
 """ Return the rowcount property from the used cursor. Checks the count first, if a count was given. :raise ManipulationCheckError: if a row count was set but does not match """

        rowcount = cursor.rowcount

        # Check the row count?
        if self._rowcount is not None and self._rowcount != rowcount:
            raise ManipulationCheckError(
                "Count was {}, expected {}.".format(rowcount, self._rowcount))

        return rowcount