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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 write_and_convert(self, text):
        '''
        Write the given text to our wrapped stream, stripping any ANSI
        sequences from the text, and optionally converting them into win32
        calls.
        '''
        cursor = 0
        for match in self.ANSI_RE.finditer(text):
            start, end = match.span()
            self.write_plain_text(text, cursor, start)
            self.convert_ansi(*match.groups())
            cursor = end
        self.write_plain_text(text, cursor, len(text))