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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 _trim(self, somestr):
 """ Trim left-right given string """

        tmp = RE_LSPACES.sub("", somestr)
        tmp = RE_TSPACES.sub("", tmp)
        return str(tmp)