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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 read_items(group, version='1.1', check=False):
 """Return an Items instance initialized from a h5features group."""

    if version == '0.1':
        # parse unicode to strings
        return ''.join(
            [unichr(int(c)) for c in group['files'][...]]
        ).replace('/-', '/').split('/\\')
    elif version == '1.0':
        return Items(list(group['files'][...]), check)
    else:
        return Items(list(group['items'][...]), check)