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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 suggest_freq(self, segment, tune=False):
 """ Suggest word frequency to force the characters in a word to be joined or splitted. Parameter: - segment : The segments that the word is expected to be cut into, If the word should be treated as a whole, use a str. - tune : If True, tune the word frequency. Note that HMM may affect the final result. If the result doesn't change, set HMM=False. """

        self.check_initialized()
        ftotal = float(self.total)
        freq = 1
        if isinstance(segment, string_types):
            word = segment
            for seg in self.cut(word, HMM=False):
                freq *= self.FREQ.get(seg, 1) / ftotal
            freq = max(int(freq * self.total) + 1, self.FREQ.get(word, 1))
        else:
            segment = tuple(map(strdecode, segment))
            word = ''.join(segment)
            for seg in segment:
                freq *= self.FREQ.get(seg, 1) / ftotal
            freq = min(int(freq * self.total), self.FREQ.get(word, 0))
        if tune:
            add_word(word, freq)
        return freq