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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def generate_classes(self, items):
        "Generate classes from `items` by taking the sorted unique values."
        classes = set()
        for c in items: classes = classes.union(set(c))
        classes = list(classes)
        classes.sort()
        return classes