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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 csvtolist(inputstr):
 """ converts a csv string into a list """

    reader = csv.reader([inputstr], skipinitialspace=True)
    output = []
    for r in reader:
        output += r
    return output