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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 get_fld2val(self, name, vals):
 """Describe summary statistics for a list of numbers."""

        if vals:
            return self._init_fld2val_stats(name, vals)
        return self._init_fld2val_null(name)