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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 array(arr, *args, **kwargs):
    '''
    Wrapper around weldarray - first create np.array and then convert to
    weldarray.
    '''
    return weldarray(np.array(arr, *args, **kwargs))