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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 recode_unicode(s, encoding='utf-8'):
 """ Inputs are encoded to utf-8 and then decoded to the desired output encoding @encoding: the desired encoding -> #str with the desired @encoding """

    if isinstance(s, str):
        return s.encode().decode(encoding)
    return s