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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 _strip_invisible(s):
    "Remove invisible ANSI color codes."
    if isinstance(s, _text_type):
        return re.sub(_invisible_codes, "", s)
    else:  # a bytestring
        return re.sub(_invisible_codes_bytes, "", s)