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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 initialize_dendrites(self):
 """ Initialize all the dendrites of the neuron to a set of random connections """

    # Wipe any preexisting connections by creating a new connection matrix
    self.dendrites = SM32()
    self.dendrites.reshape(self.dim, self.num_dendrites)

    for row in range(self.num_dendrites):
      synapses = numpy.random.choice(self.dim, self.dendrite_length, replace = False)
      for synapse in synapses:
        self.dendrites[synapse, row] = 1