code: def clean_lines(string_list, remove_empty_lines=True):
      
  
      for s in string_list:
          clean_s = s
          if '#' in s:
              ind = s.index('#')
              clean_s = s[:ind]
          clean_s = clean_s.strip()
          if (not remove_empty_lines) or clean_s != '':
              yield clean_s
docs: Strips whitespace, carriage returns and empty lines from a list of strings.
  
      Args:
          string_list: List of strings
          remove_empty_lines: Set to True to skip lines which are empty after
              stripping.
  
      Returns:
          List of clean strings with no whitespaces.