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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 channel_names(self) -> tuple: """Channel names."""

        if "channel_names" not in self.attrs.keys():
            self.attrs["channel_names"] = np.array([], dtype="S")
        return tuple(s.decode() for s in self.attrs["channel_names"])