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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 string_matches_sans_whitespace(self, str1, str2_fuzzy_whitespace):
 """Check if two strings match, modulo their whitespace."""

        str2_fuzzy_whitespace = re.sub('\s+', '\s*', str2_fuzzy_whitespace)
        return re.search(str2_fuzzy_whitespace, str1) is not None