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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 profile(curr_step, start_step, end_step, profile_name='profile.json', early_exit=True):
 """profile the program between [start_step, end_step)."""

    if curr_step == start_step:
        mx.nd.waitall()
        mx.profiler.set_config(profile_memory=False, profile_symbolic=True,
                               profile_imperative=True, filename=profile_name,
                               aggregate_stats=True)
        mx.profiler.set_state('run')
    elif curr_step == end_step:
        mx.nd.waitall()
        mx.profiler.set_state('stop')
        logging.info(mx.profiler.dumps())
        mx.profiler.dump()
        if early_exit:
            exit()