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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 consolidate(self, args):
 """ Consolidate the provided arguments. If the provided arguments have matching options, this performs a type conversion. For any option that has a default value and is not present in the provided arguments, the default value is added. Args: args (dict):
 A dictionary of the provided arguments. Returns: dict: A dictionary with the type converted and with default options enriched arguments. """

        result = dict(args)

        for opt in self:
            if opt.name in result:
                result[opt.name] = opt.convert(result[opt.name])
            else:
                if opt.default is not None:
                    result[opt.name] = opt.convert(opt.default)

        return result