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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 _stripped_codes(codes):
 """Return a tuple of stripped codes split by ','."""

    return tuple([
        code.strip() for code in codes.split(',')
        if code.strip()
    ])