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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 get_include_methods(request):
 """Retrieve include_methods values from the request """

    methods = request.get("include_methods", "")
    include_methods = [
        x.strip() for x in methods.split(",") if x.strip()]
    return include_methods