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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 _remove_strings(code) : 		""" Remove strings in code 		"""

		removed_string = ""
		is_string_now = None
		
		for i in range(0, len(code)-1) :
			append_this_turn = False

			if code[i] == "'" and (i == 0 or code[i-1] != '\\') :
				if is_string_now == "'" :
					is_string_now = None

				elif is_string_now == None :
					is_string_now = "'"
					append_this_turn = True

			elif code[i] == '"' and (i == 0 or code[i-1] != '\\') :
				if is_string_now == '"' :
					is_string_now = None

				elif is_string_now == None :
					is_string_now = '"'
					append_this_turn = True


			if is_string_now == None or append_this_turn == True :
				removed_string += code[i]

		return removed_string