def get_block(self, parent, config='running_config'):
        """ Scans the config and returns a block of code

        Args:
            parent (str): The parent string to search the config for and
                return the block
            config (str): A text config string to be searched. Default
                is to search the running-config of the Node.

        Returns:
            A string object that represents the block from the config.  If
            the parent string is not found, then this method will
            return None.

        """
        try:
            parent = r'^%s$' % parent
            return self.node.section(parent, config=config)
        except TypeError:
            return None
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