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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 code_almost_equal(a, b):
 """Return True if code is similar. Ignore whitespace when comparing specific line. """

    split_a = split_and_strip_non_empty_lines(a)
    split_b = split_and_strip_non_empty_lines(b)

    if len(split_a) != len(split_b):
        return False

    for (index, _) in enumerate(split_a):
        if ''.join(split_a[index].split()) != ''.join(split_b[index].split()):
            return False

    return True