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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 unnest(c, elem, ignore_whitespace=False):

 """unnest the element from its parent within doc. MUTABLE CHANGES"""

        parent = elem.getparent()
        gparent = parent.getparent()
        index = parent.index(elem)
        # put everything up to elem into a new parent element right before the current parent
        preparent = etree.Element(parent.tag)
        preparent.text, parent.text = (parent.text or ''), ''
        for k in parent.attrib.keys():
            preparent.set(k, parent.get(k))
        if index > 0:
            for ch in parent.getchildren()[:index]:
                preparent.append(ch)
        gparent.insert(gparent.index(parent), preparent)
        XML.remove_if_empty(preparent, leave_tail=True, ignore_whitespace=ignore_whitespace)
        # put the element right before the current parent
        XML.remove(elem, leave_tail=True)
        gparent.insert(gparent.index(parent), elem)
        elem.tail = ''
        # if the original parent is empty, remove it
        XML.remove_if_empty(parent, leave_tail=True, ignore_whitespace=ignore_whitespace)