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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 generate(self, pattern=None):
 """ Generates and returns random name as a list of strings. """

        lst = self._lists[pattern]
        while True:
            result = lst[self._randrange(lst.length)]
            # 1. Check that there are no duplicates
            # 2. Check that there are no duplicate prefixes
            # 3. Check max slug length
            n = len(result)
            if (self._ensure_unique and len(set(result)) != n or
                    self._check_prefix and len(set(x[:self._check_prefix] for x in result)) != n or
                    self._max_slug_length and sum(len(x) for x in result) + n - 1 > self._max_slug_length):
                continue
            return result