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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 partial_path_match(path1, path2, kwarg_re=r'\{.*\}'):
 """Validates if path1 and path2 matches, ignoring any kwargs in the string. We need this to ensure we can match Swagger patterns like: /foo/{id} against the observed pyramid path /foo/1 :param path1: path of a url :type path1: string :param path2: path of a url :type path2: string :param kwarg_re: regex pattern to identify kwargs :type kwarg_re: regex string :returns: boolean """

    split_p1 = path1.split('/')
    split_p2 = path2.split('/')
    pat = re.compile(kwarg_re)
    if len(split_p1) != len(split_p2):
        return False
    for partial_p1, partial_p2 in zip(split_p1, split_p2):
        if pat.match(partial_p1) or pat.match(partial_p2):
            continue
        if not partial_p1 == partial_p2:
            return False
    return True