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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 to_number(s):
 """ Convert a string to a number. If not successful, return the string without blanks """

    ret = s
    # try converting to float
    try:
        ret = float(s)
    except ValueError:
        ret = ret.strip('\'').strip()

    # try converting to uid
    try:
        ret = int(s)
    except ValueError:
        pass

    # try converting to boolean
    if ret == 'True':
        ret = True
    elif ret == 'False':
        ret = False
    elif ret == 'None':
        ret = None
    return ret