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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 clean(inputline, strip=True, rem_indents=True, encoding_errors="replace"):
 """Clean and strip a line."""

    stdout_encoding = get_encoding(sys.stdout)
    inputline = str(inputline)
    if rem_indents:
        inputline = inputline.replace(openindent, "").replace(closeindent, "")
    if strip:
        inputline = inputline.strip()
    return inputline.encode(stdout_encoding, encoding_errors).decode(stdout_encoding)