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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 load(self, filename, wildcard='*', mav=None, check=True):
        '''load parameters from a file'''
        try:
            f = open(filename, mode='r')
        except:
            print("Failed to open file '%s'" % filename)
            return False
        count = 0
        changed = 0
        for line in f:
            line = line.strip()
            if not line or line[0] == "#":
                continue
            line = line.replace(',',' ')
            a = line.split()
            if len(a) != 2:
                print("Invalid line: %s" % line)
                continue
            # some parameters should not be loaded from files
            if a[0] in self.exclude_load:
                continue
            if not fnmatch.fnmatch(a[0].upper(), wildcard.upper()):
                continue
            if mav is not None:
                if check:
                    if a[0] not in self.keys():
                        print("Unknown parameter %s" % a[0])
                        continue
                    old_value = self.__getitem__(a[0])
                    if math.fabs(old_value - float(a[1])) <= self.mindelta:
                        count += 1
                        continue
                    if self.mavset(mav, a[0], a[1]):
                        print("changed %s from %f to %f" % (a[0], old_value, float(a[1])))
                else:
                    print("set %s to %f" % (a[0], float(a[1])))
                    self.mavset(mav, a[0], a[1])
                changed += 1
            else:
                self.__setitem__(a[0], float(a[1]))
            count += 1
        f.close()
        if mav is not None:
            print("Loaded %u parameters from %s (changed %u)" % (count, filename, changed))
        else:
            print("Loaded %u parameters from %s" % (count, filename))
        return True