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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 split_and_strip_without(string, exclude, separator_regexp=None):
 """Split a string into items, and trim any excess spaces Any items in exclude are not in the returned list ['fred', 'here'] """

    result = split_and_strip(string, separator_regexp)
    if not exclude:
        return result
    return [x for x in result if x not in exclude]