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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 should_highlight(self, req):
 """ Check the given argument parameter to decide if highlights needed. argument value is expected to be '0' or '1' """

        try:
            return bool(req.args and int(req.args.get('es_highlight', 0)))
        except (AttributeError, TypeError):
            return False