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Expand Up @@ -2060,7 +2060,9 @@ Parser defaults
>>> parser.parse_args(['736'])
Namespace(bar=42, baz='badger', foo=736)

Note that parser-level defaults always override argument-level defaults::
Note that defaults can be set at both the parser level using :meth:`set_defaults`
and at the argument level using :meth:`add_argument`. If both are called for the
same argument, the last default set for an argument is used::

>>> parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
>>> parser.add_argument('--foo', default='bar')
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