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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_zone_variable(self, zone_id, variable, value):
 """ Set a zone variable to a new value. """

        return self._send_cmd("SET %s.%s=\"%s\"" % (
            zone_id.device_str(), variable, value))