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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 _numpy_bytes_to_char(arr):
 """Like netCDF4.stringtochar, but faster and more flexible. """

    # ensure the array is contiguous
    arr = np.array(arr, copy=False, order='C', dtype=np.string_)
    return arr.reshape(arr.shape + (1,)).view('S1')