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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 get_scanner_param_default(self, param):
 """ Returns default value of a scanner parameter. """

        assert isinstance(param, str)
        entry = self.scanner_params.get(param)
        if not entry:
            return None
        return entry.get('default')