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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_channels(self, fid):
 """Read channels from an acclaim file."""

        bones = [[] for i in self.vertices]
        num_channels = 0
        for vertex in self.vertices:
            num_channels = num_channels + len(vertex.meta['channels'])

        lin = self.read_line(fid)
        while lin != ':DEGREES':
            lin = self.read_line(fid)
            if lin == '':
                raise ValueError('Could not find :DEGREES in ' + fid.name)

        counter = 0
        lin = self.read_line(fid)
        while lin:
            parts = lin.split()
            if len(parts)==1:
                frame_no = int(parts[0])
                if frame_no:
                    counter += 1
                    if counter != frame_no:
                        raise ValueError('Unexpected frame number.')
                else:
                    raise ValueError('Single bone name  ...')
            else:
                ind = self.get_index_by_name(parts[0])
                bones[ind].append(np.array([float(channel) for channel in parts[1:]]))
            lin = self.read_line(fid)

        num_frames = counter

        channels = np.zeros((num_frames, num_channels))

        end_val = 0
        for i in range(len(self.vertices)):
            vertex = self.vertices[i]
            if len(vertex.meta['channels'])>0:                
                start_val = end_val
                end_val = end_val + len(vertex.meta['channels'])
                for j in range(num_frames):
                    channels[j, start_val:end_val] = bones[i][j]
            self.resolve_indices(i, start_val)

        self.smooth_angle_channels(channels)
        return channels