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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 validate(self, value):
 """Does value meet parameter requirements?"""

        if self.type is not None:
            value = coerce(self.type, value)

        if self.min is not None and value < self.min:
            raise ValueError('%s=%s is less than %s' % (self.name, value,
                                                        self.min))
        if self.max is not None and value > self.max:
            raise ValueError('%s=%s is greater than %s' % (
                self.name, value, self.max))
        if self.allowed is not None and value not in self.allowed:
            raise ValueError('%s=%s is not one of the allowed values: %s' % (
                self.name, value, ','.join(map(str, self.allowed))))

        return value