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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_subcats(self, recurse=False):
 """ Get the subcategories of this category recurse -- whether to include their subcategories as well """


        if recurse:
            # No need to filter
            return sorted([Category(e) for e in self._subcats_recursive],
                          key=lambda c: c.sort_breadcrumb)

        # get all the subcategories, with only the first subdir added

        # number of path components to ingest
        parts = len(self.path.split('/')) + 1 if self.path else 1

        # convert the subcategories into separated pathlists with only 'parts'
        # parts
        subcats = [c.split('/')[:parts] for c in self._subcats_recursive]

        # join them back into a path, and make unique
        subcats = {'/'.join(c) for c in subcats}

        # convert to a bunch of Category objects
        return sorted([Category(c) for c in subcats], key=lambda c: c.sort_name or c.name)