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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 permute(num):
    "Permutation for randomizing data order."
    if permute_data:
        return np.random.permutation(num)
    else:
        logging.warning("Warning not permuting data")
        return np.arange(num)