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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 get_num_shares(self) -> Decimal: """ Returns the number of shares at this time """

        from pydatum import Datum
        today = Datum().today()
        return self.get_num_shares_on(today)