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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 _sanitize_url_components(comp_list, field):
    '''
    Recursive function to sanitize each component of the url.
    '''
    if not comp_list:
        return ''
    elif comp_list[0].startswith('{0}='.format(field)):
        ret = '{0}=XXXXXXXXXX&'.format(field)
        comp_list.remove(comp_list[0])
        return ret + _sanitize_url_components(comp_list, field)
    else:
        ret = '{0}&'.format(comp_list[0])
        comp_list.remove(comp_list[0])
        return ret + _sanitize_url_components(comp_list, field)