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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 strip_punctuation(text, exclude='', include=''):
 """Strip leading and trailing punctuation from an input string."""

        chars_to_strip = ''.join(
            set(list(punctuation)).union(set(list(include))) - set(list(exclude))
        )
        return text.strip(chars_to_strip)