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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 current_state(self):
 """Return a dictionary with the current value of the variables defining the state of the step method."""

        state = {}
        for s in self._state:
            state[s] = getattr(self, s)
        return state