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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 read_user_data(self, user_data_path):
 """Reads and parses a user_data file. Args: user_data_path (str):
 path to the userdata file Returns: str: the parsed user data file """

        raw_user_data = read_value_from_path(user_data_path)

        variables = self.get_variables()

        return parse_user_data(variables, raw_user_data, self.name)