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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 executeBatch(cursor, sql, regex=r"(?mx) ([^';]* (?:'[^']*'[^';]*)*)", comment_regex=r"(?mx) (?:^\s*$)|(?:--.*$)"):
 """ Takes a SQL file and executes it as many separate statements. TODO: replace regexes with something easier to grok and extend. """

    # First, strip comments
    sql = "\n".join([x.strip().replace("%", "%%") for x in re.split(comment_regex, sql) if x.strip()])

    # Stored procedures don't work with the above regex because many of them are
    # made up multiple sql statements each delimited with a single ;
    # where the regexes assume each statement delimited by a ; is a complete
    # statement to send to mysql and execute.
    #
    # Here i'm simply checking for the delimiter statements (which seem to be
    # mysql-only) and then using them as markers to start accumulating statements.
    # So the first delimiter is the signal to start accumulating
    # and the second delimiter is the signal to combine them into
    # single sql compound statement and send it to mysql.

    in_proc = False
    statements = []

    for st in re.split(regex, sql)[1:][::2]:
        if st.strip().lower().startswith("delimiter"):
            in_proc = not in_proc
            if statements and not in_proc:
                procedure = ";".join(statements)
                statements = []
                cursor.execute(procedure)
            # skip the delimiter line
            continue

        if in_proc:
            statements.append(st)
        else:
            cursor.execute(st)