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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 duplicate(self):
 """Return a copy of the header."""

        a_per = self.analysis_period.duplicate() if self.analysis_period else None
        return self.__class__(self.data_type, self.unit,
                              a_per, deepcopy(self.metadata))