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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 date_range(start=None, end=None, periods=None, freq=None, tz=None, normalize=False, name=None, closed=None, **kwargs):
 """ Return a fixed frequency DatetimeIndex. Parameters start : str or datetime-like, optional Left bound for generating dates. end : str or datetime-like, optional Right bound for generating dates. periods : integer, optional Number of periods to generate. freq : str or DateOffset, default 'D' Frequency strings can have multiples, e.g. '5H'. See :ref:`here <timeseries.offset_aliases>` for a list of frequency aliases. tz : str or tzinfo, optional Time zone name for returning localized DatetimeIndex, for example 'Asia/Hong_Kong'. By default, the resulting DatetimeIndex is timezone-naive. normalize : bool, default False Normalize start/end dates to midnight before generating date range. name : str, default None Name of the resulting DatetimeIndex. closed : {None, 'left', 'right'}, optional Make the interval closed with respect to the given frequency to the 'left', 'right', or both sides (None, the default). **kwargs For compatibility. Has no effect on the result. Returns ------- rng : DatetimeIndex See Also -------- DatetimeIndex : An immutable container for datetimes. timedelta_range : Return a fixed frequency TimedeltaIndex. period_range : Return a fixed frequency PeriodIndex. interval_range : Return a fixed frequency IntervalIndex. Notes ----- Of the four parameters ``start``, ``end``, ``periods``, and ``freq``, exactly three must be specified. If ``freq`` is omitted, the resulting ``DatetimeIndex`` will have ``periods`` linearly spaced elements between ``start`` and ``end`` (closed on both sides). To learn more about the frequency strings, please see `this link <http://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/timeseries.html#offset-aliases>`__. Examples -------- **Specifying the values** The next four examples generate the same `DatetimeIndex`, but vary the combination of `start`, `end` and `periods`. Specify `start` and `end`, with the default daily frequency. DatetimeIndex(['2018-01-01', '2018-01-02', '2018-01-03', '2018-01-04', '2018-01-05', '2018-01-06', '2018-01-07', '2018-01-08'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='D') Specify `start` and `periods`, the number of periods (days). DatetimeIndex(['2018-01-01', '2018-01-02', '2018-01-03', '2018-01-04', '2018-01-05', '2018-01-06', '2018-01-07', '2018-01-08'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='D') Specify `end` and `periods`, the number of periods (days). DatetimeIndex(['2017-12-25', '2017-12-26', '2017-12-27', '2017-12-28', '2017-12-29', '2017-12-30', '2017-12-31', '2018-01-01'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='D') Specify `start`, `end`, and `periods`; the frequency is generated automatically (linearly spaced). DatetimeIndex(['2018-04-24 00:00:00', '2018-04-25 12:00:00', '2018-04-27 00:00:00'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq=None) **Other Parameters** Changed the `freq` (frequency) to ``'M'`` (month end frequency). DatetimeIndex(['2018-01-31', '2018-02-28', '2018-03-31', '2018-04-30', '2018-05-31'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='M') Multiples are allowed DatetimeIndex(['2018-01-31', '2018-04-30', '2018-07-31', '2018-10-31', '2019-01-31'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='3M') `freq` can also be specified as an Offset object. DatetimeIndex(['2018-01-31', '2018-04-30', '2018-07-31', '2018-10-31', '2019-01-31'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='3M') Specify `tz` to set the timezone. DatetimeIndex(['2018-01-01 00:00:00+09:00', '2018-01-02 00:00:00+09:00', '2018-01-03 00:00:00+09:00', '2018-01-04 00:00:00+09:00', '2018-01-05 00:00:00+09:00'], dtype='datetime64[ns, Asia/Tokyo]', freq='D') `closed` controls whether to include `start` and `end` that are on the boundary. The default includes boundary points on either end. DatetimeIndex(['2017-01-01', '2017-01-02', '2017-01-03', '2017-01-04'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='D') Use ``closed='left'`` to exclude `end` if it falls on the boundary. DatetimeIndex(['2017-01-01', '2017-01-02', '2017-01-03'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='D') Use ``closed='right'`` to exclude `start` if it falls on the boundary. DatetimeIndex(['2017-01-02', '2017-01-03', '2017-01-04'], dtype='datetime64[ns]', freq='D') """


    if freq is None and com._any_none(periods, start, end):
        freq = 'D'

    dtarr = DatetimeArray._generate_range(
        start=start, end=end, periods=periods,
        freq=freq, tz=tz, normalize=normalize,
        closed=closed, **kwargs)
    return DatetimeIndex._simple_new(
        dtarr, tz=dtarr.tz, freq=dtarr.freq, name=name)