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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 _new_segment_data(self):
 """Return a new array to read the data of the current section into"""


        if self.data_type.nptype is not None:
            return np.zeros(self.number_values, dtype=self.data_type.nptype)
        else:
            return [None] * self.number_values