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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 label(self, label):
 """ set the label """

        if self.direction in ['i'] and label is not None:
            raise ValueError("label not accepted for indep dimension")


        if label is None:
            self._label = label
            return

        if not isinstance(label, str):
            try:
                label = str(label)
            except:
                raise TypeError("label must be of type str")

        self._label = label