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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 validate_slashes(param, value, minimum=2, maximum=None, form=None):
 """Ensure that parameter has slashes and minimum parts."""

    try:
        value = value.split("/")
    except ValueError:
        value = None

    if value:
        if len(value) < minimum:
            value = None
        elif maximum and len(value) > maximum:
            value = None

    if not value:
        form = form or "/".join("VALUE" for _ in range(minimum))
        raise click.BadParameter(
            "Must be in the form of %(form)s" % {"form": form}, param=param
        )

    value = [v.strip() for v in value]
    if not all(value):
        raise click.BadParameter("Individual values cannot be blank", param=param)

    return value