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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 range_count(x, min, max):
 """ Count observed values within the interval [min, max). :param x: the time series to calculate the feature of :type x: numpy.ndarray :param min: the inclusive lower bound of the range :type min: int or float :param max: the exclusive upper bound of the range :type max: int or float :return: the count of values within the range :rtype: int """

    return np.sum((x >= min) & (x < max))