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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_alert_community(self, channel=None):
 """Get the current community string for alerts Returns the community string that will be in SNMP traps from this BMC :param channel: The channel to get configuration for, autodetect by default :returns: The community string """

        if channel is None:
            channel = self.get_network_channel()
        rsp = self.xraw_command(netfn=0xc, command=2, data=(channel, 16, 0, 0))
        return rsp['data'][1:].partition('\x00')[0]