name: set_variable
returns: void
description: |
  Assigns a value to the given variable name. Calling
  `set_variable('foo', bar)` is equivalent to `foo = bar`.

  *(since 0.46.1)* The `value` parameter can be an array type.

posargs:
  variable_name:
    type: str
    description: The name of the variable to set

  value:
    type: any
    description: The value to set the variable to