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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_data_from_empty_list(source, fields='*', first_row=0, count=-1, schema=None):
 """ Helper function for _get_data that handles empty lists. """

  fields = get_field_list(fields, schema)
  return {'cols': _get_cols(fields, schema), 'rows': []}, 0