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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 _build(self, *args):
 """Connects the Sequential module into the graph. Args: *args: A tuple of inputs, to be unpacked as the arguments to the first layer. Returns: The output value of the last layer. """

    net = args

    if not self._layers:
      # If the sequential is passed a single arg, this will end up being
      # wrapped in an extra layer of tuple by *args. Normally we internally
      # handle this in the loop below, but if there are no layers we unpack here
      # in order to make Sequential([]) act like an identity, which seems right.
      if len(args) == 1:
        return args[0]
      else:
        return args

    for layer in self._layers:
      if isinstance(net, tuple):
        net = layer(*net)
      else:
        net = layer(net)

    return net