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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 et_node_to_string(et_node, default=''):
 """Simple method to get stripped text from node or ``default`` string if None is given. :param et_node: Element or None :param default: string returned if None is given, default ``''`` :type et_node: xml.etree.ElementTree.Element, None :type default: str :return: text from node or default :rtype: str """


    return str(et_node.text).strip() if et_node is not None and et_node.text else default