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Solve the following python programming problem given the following code:
def __processPlaceholders(self, data, parent) : 
    '
        Process string with placeholders and generate ElementTree tree.

        Keyword arguments:

        * data: string with placeholders instead of ElementTree elements.
        * parent: Element, which contains processing inline data

        Returns: list with ElementTree elements with applied inline patterns.
        ' 
    def linkText(text) : 
        if text : 
            if result : 
                if result [(- 1)].tail : 
                    result [(- 1)].tail += text 
else : 
                    result [(- 1)].tail = text 
else : 
                if parent.text : 
                    parent.text += text 
else : 
                    parent.text = text 
result = [] 
    strartIndex = 0 
    while data : 
        index = data.find (self.__placeholder_prefix, strartIndex) 
        if (index != (- 1)) : 
            (id, phEndIndex) = self.__findPlaceholder (data, index) 
            if (id in self.stashed_nodes) : 
                node = self.stashed_nodes.get (id) 
                if (index > 0) : 
                    text = data [strartIndex : index] 
                    linkText (text) 
if (not isString (node)) : 
                    for child in ([node] + node.getchildren ()) : 
                        if child.tail : 
                            if child.tail.strip () : 
                                self.__processElementText (node, child, False) 
if child.text : 
                            if child.text.strip () : 
                                self.__processElementText (child, child) 
else : 
                    linkText (node) 
                    strartIndex = strartIndex 
                    continue 
strartIndex = phEndIndex 
                result.append (node) 
else : 
                end = (index + len (prefix)) 
                linkText (data [strartIndex : end]) 
                strartIndex = end 
else : 
            text = data [strartIndex :] 
            linkText (text) 
            data = '' 
return result 

    
    

    Fix the buggy line: strartIndex = strartIndex
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strartIndex = phEndIndex