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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_position(self, position):
 """Sets the if-statement position."""

        if position < 0:
            position += len(self.checkdefs)
        while position >= len(self.checkdefs):
            self.checkdefs.append(([], []))
        self.position = position