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 setParameter command
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.. function:: setParameter('-val', newValue, <'-ele', *eleTags>, <'-eleRange', start, end>, <*args>)

   set value for an element parameter

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   ``newValue`` |float|             the updated value to which the parameter needs to be set.
   ``eleTags`` |listi|              a list of element tags
   ``start`` |int|                  start element tag 
   ``end`` |int|                    end element tag 
   ``args`` |lists|                 a list of strings for the element parameter
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