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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 begin_table(self, column_count):
 """Begins a table with the given 'column_count', required to automatically create the right amount of columns when adding items to the rows"""

        self.table_columns = column_count
        self.table_columns_left = 0
        self.write('<table>')