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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 empty(self, shape, complex=False):
 """ A wrapper around np.empty which automatically sets the correct type and returns an empty array. :param shape: The shape of the array in np.empty format """

        if complex:
            return np.empty(shape, dtype=self.complex, order=self.order)
        return np.empty(shape, dtype=self.float, order=self.order)