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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_variable(self, start, variable):
 """ Add a variable to this region at the given offset, and remove all other variables that are fully covered by this variable. :param int start: :param SimVariable variable: :return: None """


        size = variable.size if variable.size is not None else 1

        self.set_object(start, variable, size)