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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 _check_valid_basic(self, get_params):
 """ Simple check that the variable is set """

        try:
            if get_params(self.variable):
                return self.default
        except:  # noqa e722
            pass
        return not self.default