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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 splitpath(path):
 """Split a path in its components."""

    c = []
    head, tail = os.path.split(path)
    while tail:
        c.insert(0, tail)
        head, tail = os.path.split(head)
    return c