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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 read_property_from_xml(root, path):
 """ Get the text from an XML property. Whitespaces, tabs and new lines are trimmed :param root: container in which we search :type root: ElementTree.Element :param path: path to search in root :type path: str :return: the text of the element at the given path :rtype: str, None """

    element = root.find(path, XML_NS)
    try:
        return element.text.strip(' \t\n\r')
    except AttributeError:
        return None