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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 encode(string):
 		""" 		Encode the given string as an OID. 		'5.104.101.108.108.111' 		"""


		result=".".join([ str(ord(s)) for s in string ])
		return  "%s." % (len(string)) + result