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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 _replace_args_with_defaults(self, _args=None, **kwargs):
 """Internal method to fill absent values in the kwargs with the defaults. Args: _args: A list of arguments to replace if a subset is required. Name chosen to prevent conflicts with kwargs. **kwargs: The arguments to replace with defaults. Returns: A map with the same fields as kwargs, but absent values are filled with defaults. """

    if _args is None:
      _args = six.iterkeys(kwargs)
    my_defaults = self.defaults
    for k in _args:
      if k not in kwargs:
        if k in my_defaults:
          kwargs[k] = my_defaults[k]
        elif k in _defaults:
          kwargs[k] = _defaults[k]
    return kwargs