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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 data_find_text(data, path):
 """Return the text value of the element-as-tuple in tuple ``data`` using simplified XPath ``path``. """

    el = data_find(data, path)
    if not isinstance(el, (list, tuple)):
        return None
    texts = [child for child in el[1:] if not isinstance(child, (tuple, list, dict))]
    if not texts:
        return None
    return " ".join(
        [
            # How should we deal with decoding errors when `x` is binary?
            # For now, we're using the ``strict`` mode. Other options here:
            # https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#open.
            six.ensure_text(x, encoding="utf-8", errors="strict")
            for x in texts
        ]
    )