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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 update_params(old_params, new_params, check=False):
 """Update old_params with new_params. If check==False, this merely adds and overwrites the content of old_params. If check==True, this only allows updating of parameters that are already present in old_params. Parameters old_params : dict new_params : dict check : bool, optional (default: False) Returns ------- updated_params : dict """

    updated_params = dict(old_params)
    if new_params:  # allow for new_params to be None
        for key, val in new_params.items():
            if key not in old_params and check:
                raise ValueError('\'' + key
                                 + '\' is not a valid parameter key, '
                                 + 'consider one of \n'
                                 + str(list(old_params.keys())))
            if val is not None:
                updated_params[key] = val
    return updated_params