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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 mapstr_to_list(mapstr):
 """ Convert an ASCII map string with rows to a list of strings, 1 string per row. """

    maplist = []

    with StringIO(mapstr) as infile:
        for row in infile:
            maplist.append(row.strip())

    return maplist