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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 copyActivations(self, layer, vec, start = 0):
 """ Copies activations in vec to the specified layer, replacing patterns if necessary. """

        vector = self.replacePatterns(vec, layer.name)
        if self.verbosity > 4:
            print("Copying Activations: ", vector[start:start+layer.size])
        layer.copyActivations(vector[start:start+layer.size])