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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 dumps(self):
 """Represent the environment as a string in LaTeX syntax. Returns ------- str A LaTeX string representing the environment. """


        content = self.dumps_content()
        if not content.strip() and self.omit_if_empty:
            return ''

        string = ''

        # Something other than None needs to be used as extra arguments, that
        # way the options end up behind the latex_name argument.
        if self.arguments is None:
            extra_arguments = Arguments()
        else:
            extra_arguments = self.arguments

        begin = Command('begin', self.start_arguments, self.options,
                        extra_arguments=extra_arguments)
        begin.arguments._positional_args.insert(0, self.latex_name)
        string += begin.dumps() + self.content_separator

        string += content + self.content_separator

        string += Command('end', self.latex_name).dumps()

        return string