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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 otherrole(self, otherrole):
 """ Get the ``OTHERROLE`` attribute value. """

        if otherrole is not None:
            self._el.set('ROLE', 'OTHER')
            self._el.set('OTHERROLE', otherrole)