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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 _parse_multi_options(options, split_token=','):
 r"""Split and strip and discard empties. Turns the following: A, B, into ["A", "B"] """

    if options:
        return [o.strip() for o in options.split(split_token) if o.strip()]
    else:
        return options