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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 make_empty_table(row_count, column_count):
 """ Make an empty table Parameters row_count : int The number of rows in the new table column_count : int The number of columns in the new table Returns ------- table : list of lists of str Each cell will be an empty str ('') """

    table = []
    while row_count > 0:
        row = []
        for column in range(column_count):
            row.append('')
        table.append(row)
        row_count -= 1
    return table