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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 write_metadata(self, key, values):
 """ write out a meta data array to the key as a fixed-format Series Parameters key : string values : ndarray """

        values = Series(values)
        self.parent.put(self._get_metadata_path(key), values, format='table',
                        encoding=self.encoding, errors=self.errors,
                        nan_rep=self.nan_rep)