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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 format_value(value):
 """ Convert a list into a comma separated string, for displaying select multiple values in emails. """

    if isinstance(value, list):
        value = ", ".join([v.strip() for v in value])
    return value