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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_excitation_energies(self):
 """ Read a excitation energies after a TD-DFT calculation. Returns: A list: A list of tuple for each transition such as """


        transitions = list()

        # read in file
        with zopen(self.filename, "r") as f:
            line = f.readline()
            td = False
            while line != "":
                if re.search(r"^\sExcitation energies and oscillator strengths:", line):
                    td = True

                if td:
                    if re.search(r"^\sExcited State\s*\d", line):
                        val = [float(v) for v in float_patt.findall(line)]
                        transitions.append(tuple(val[0:3]))
                line = f.readline()
        return transitions