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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 exclude_paths(args):
 """Returns the absolute paths for excluded path."""

    results = []
    if args.exclude:
        for excl_path in args.exclude:
            results.append(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(args.root, excl_path)))
    return results