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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 decode(self, stream, encoding='utf-8'):
 """ Convert paramiko stream into a string :type stream: :param stream: stream to convert :type encoding: str :param encoding: stream encoding """

        data = stream.read().decode(encoding).strip("\n")
        if data != "":
            logger.debug(('{0}: decoded "{1}" with encoding '
                          '{2}'.format(self.target_address, data, encoding)))
        return data