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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 static_url(path, absolute=False):
 """ Shorthand for returning a URL for the requested static file. Arguments: path -- the path to the file (relative to the static files directory) absolute -- whether the link should be absolute or relative """


    if os.sep != '/':
        path = '/'.join(path.split(os.sep))

    return flask.url_for('static', filename=path, _external=absolute)