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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 text(self,text):
 """ puts text in the entity. Whitespace and newlines are stripped to single spaces. """

        if text:
            text = utfstr(text)
            text = text.strip()
            text = re.sub('\s+',' ',text)
            if text:
                self.dirty = True
                self.escpos.text(text)