function set_param_value(pname,value)

% Copyright (C) 2007-2009 Dynare Team
%
% This file is part of Dynare.
%
% Dynare is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
% it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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% Dynare is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
% but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
% MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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global M_

i = strmatch(pname,M_.param_names,'exact');

if isempty(i)
    error(['Parameter name ' pname ' doesn''t exist'])
end

M_.params(i) = value;
assignin('base',pname,value);