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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_text(text, entities):
 """ Strips whitespace from the given text modifying the provided entities. This assumes that there are no overlapping entities, that their length is greater or equal to one, and that their length is not out of bounds. """

    if not entities:
        return text.strip()

    while text and text[-1].isspace():
        e = entities[-1]
        if e.offset + e.length == len(text):
            if e.length == 1:
                del entities[-1]
                if not entities:
                    return text.strip()
            else:
                e.length -= 1
        text = text[:-1]

    while text and text[0].isspace():
        for i in reversed(range(len(entities))):
            e = entities[i]
            if e.offset != 0:
                e.offset -= 1
                continue

            if e.length == 1:
                del entities[0]
                if not entities:
                    return text.lstrip()
            else:
                e.length -= 1

        text = text[1:]

    return text