# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#===========================================================================
# Copyright (C) 2016  Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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#===========================================================================
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# $Id$
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#============================================================================

def none2String(variable):
    
    if variable is None:
        return("")
    else:
        return(variable)