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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 remove_resource(self, path):
 """ Helper function to remove resources. :param path: the path for the unwanted resource :rtype : the removed object """


        path = path.strip("/")
        paths = path.split("/")
        actual_path = ""
        i = 0
        for p in paths:
            i += 1
            actual_path += "/" + p
        try:
            res = self.root[actual_path]
        except KeyError:
            res = None
        if res is not None:
            del(self.root[actual_path])
        return res