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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 param_set(name, value, retries=3):
    '''set a parameter'''
    name = name.upper()
    return mpstate.mav_param.mavset(mpstate.master(), name, value, retries=retries)