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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 load_data_and_labels(filename, encoding='utf-8'):
 """Loads data and label from a file. Args: filename (str):
 path to the file. encoding (str):
 file encoding format. The file format is tab-separated values. A blank line is required at the end of a sentence. For example: ``` EU	B-ORG rejects	O German	B-MISC call	O to	O boycott	O British	B-MISC lamb	O .	O Peter	B-PER Blackburn	I-PER ``` Returns: tuple(numpy array, numpy array):
 data and labels. Example: """

    sents, labels = [], []
    words, tags = [], []
    with open(filename, encoding=encoding) as f:
        for line in f:
            line = line.rstrip()
            if line:
                word, tag = line.split('\t')
                words.append(word)
                tags.append(tag)
            else:
                sents.append(words)
                labels.append(tags)
                words, tags = [], []

    return sents, labels