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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 state_in(self, value):
 """Parse ranges."""

        value = [val for val in Traverser(value, self.groups)]
        if not value or not value[0]:
            for val in self.literals - set(value):
                return (yield val)
        yield value[0]