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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 set(self, x):
 """ Set variable values via a dictionary mapping name to value. """

        for name, value in iter(x.items()):
            if hasattr(value, "ndim"):
                if self[name].value.ndim < value.ndim:
                    self[name].value.itemset(value.squeeze())
                else:
                    self[name].value = value
            else:
                self[name].value.itemset(value)