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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 zpad(v, Nv):
 """Zero-pad initial axes of array to specified size. Padding is applied to the right, top, etc. of the array indices. Parameters v : array_like Array to be padded Nv : tuple Sizes to which each of initial indices should be padded Returns ------- vp : ndarray Padded array """


    vp = np.zeros(Nv + v.shape[len(Nv):], dtype=v.dtype)
    axnslc = tuple([slice(0, x) for x in v.shape])
    vp[axnslc] = v
    return vp