add solution week 253 task 1 in python

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+
+def split_strings(*strings, separator=","):
+    ''' Given an array of strings and a character separator.
+    Return all words separated by the given character excluding empty strings
+    >>> split_strings("one.two.three","four.five","six", separator=".")
+    ['one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'five', 'six']
+    >>> split_strings("$perl$$", "$$raku$", separator="$")
+    ['perl', 'raku']
+    '''
+    return [word for string in strings for word in string.split(separator) if word != ""]
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import doctest
+
+    doctest.testmod()