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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 delete(self, name, kind=None):
 """Removes an input from the collection. :param `kind`: The kind of input: - "ad": Active Directory - "monitor": Files and directories - "registry": Windows Registry - "script": Scripts - "splunktcp": TCP, processed - "tcp": TCP, unprocessed - "udp": UDP - "win-event-log-collections": Windows event log - "win-perfmon": Performance monitoring - "win-wmi-collections": WMI :type kind: ``string`` :param name: The name of the input to remove. :type name: ``string`` :return: The :class:`Inputs` collection. """

        if kind is None:
            self.service.delete(self[name].path)
        else:
            self.service.delete(self[name, kind].path)
        return self