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/**
 * Removes empty values, trims whitespace and removes duplicate from a comma separated string in JavaScript
 * @example
 *  cleanCsvString('one, ,, , two,two,two, three'); // returns 'one,two,three'
 *  cleanCsvString('one, ,, , two,two,two, three', false); // returns 'one,two,two,two,three'
 * @param {string} str - string to modify
 * @param {boolean} removeDuplicates - should remove duplicate items? (default = true)
 * @returns {string} cleaned CSV string
 */
function cleanCsvString(str, removeDuplicates) {

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/**
 * Removes invalid XML characters from a string
 * @param {string} str - a string containing potentially invalid XML characters (non-UTF8 characters, STX, EOX etc)
 * @param {boolean} removeDiscouragedChars - should it remove discouraged but valid XML characters
 * @return {string} a sanitized string stripped of invalid XML characters
 */
function removeXMLInvalidChars(str, removeDiscouragedChars) {

    // remove everything forbidden by XML 1.0 specifications, plus the unicode replacement character U+FFFD
    var regex = /((?:[\0-\x08\x0B\f\x0E-\x1F\uFFFD\uFFFE\uFFFF]|[\uD800-\uDBFF](?![\uDC00-\uDFFF])|(?:[^\uD800-\uDBFF]|^)[\uDC00-\uDFFF]))/g;

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(function (window) {

    'use strict';

    var oldSetTimeout = window.setTimeout;

    /**
     * Behaves the same as setTimeout but uses requestAnimationFrame() for better performance
     * @param {function} fn The callback function
     * @param {int} delay The delay in milliseconds