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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 matches(self, other):
 """Do a loose equivalency test suitable for comparing page names. *other* can be any string-like object, including :class:`.Wikicode`, or an iterable of these. This operation is symmetric; both sides are adjusted. Specifically, whitespace and markup is stripped and the first letter's case is normalized. Typical usage is """

        cmp = lambda a, b: (a[0].upper() + a[1:] == b[0].upper() + b[1:]
                            if a and b else a == b)
        this = self.strip_code().strip()
        if isinstance(other, (str, bytes, Wikicode, Node)):
            that = parse_anything(other).strip_code().strip()
            return cmp(this, that)

        for obj in other:
            that = parse_anything(obj).strip_code().strip()
            if cmp(this, that):
                return True
        return False