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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_into_symbol_words(sym):
 """Split a technical looking word into a set of symbols. This handles cases where technical words are separated by dots or arrows, as is the convention in many programming languages. """

    punc = r"[\s\-\*/\+\.,:\;=\)\(\[\]\{\}<>\|\?&\^\$@]"
    words = [w.strip() for w in re.split(punc, sym)]
    return words