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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 patch_sys_version():
 """ Remove Continuum copyright statement to avoid parsing errors in IDLE """

    if '|' in sys.version:
        sys_version = sys.version.split('|')
        sys.version = ' '.join([sys_version[0].strip(), sys_version[-1].strip()])