def validate_labels(known_classes, passed_labels, argument_name):
    """Validates the labels passed into the true_labels or pred_labels
    arguments in the plot_confusion_matrix function.

    Raises a ValueError exception if any of the passed labels are not in the
    set of known classes or if there are duplicate labels. Otherwise returns
    None.

    Args:
        known_classes (array-like):
            The classes that are known to appear in the data.
        passed_labels (array-like):
            The labels that were passed in through the argument.
        argument_name (str):
            The name of the argument being validated.

    Example:
        >>> known_classes = ["A", "B", "C"]
        >>> passed_labels = ["A", "B"]
        >>> validate_labels(known_classes, passed_labels, "true_labels")
    """
    known_classes = np.array(known_classes)
    passed_labels = np.array(passed_labels)

    unique_labels, unique_indexes = np.unique(passed_labels, return_index=True)

    if len(passed_labels) != len(unique_labels):
        indexes = np.arange(0, len(passed_labels))
        duplicate_indexes = indexes[~np.in1d(indexes, unique_indexes)]
        duplicate_labels = [str(x) for x in passed_labels[duplicate_indexes]]

        msg = "The following duplicate labels were passed into {0}: {1}" \
                .format(argument_name, ", ".join(duplicate_labels))
        raise ValueError(msg)

    passed_labels_absent = ~np.in1d(passed_labels, known_classes)

    if np.any(passed_labels_absent):
        absent_labels = [str(x) for x in passed_labels[passed_labels_absent]]

        msg = ("The following labels "
               "were passed into {0}, "
               "but were not found in "
               "labels: {1}").format(argument_name, ", ".join(absent_labels))
        raise ValueError(msg)

    return
Validates the labels passed into the true_labels or pred_labels
    arguments in the plot_confusion_matrix function.

    Raises a ValueError exception if any of the passed labels are not in the
    set of known classes or if there are duplicate labels. Otherwise returns
    None.

    Args:
        known_classes (array-like):
            The classes that are known to appear in the data.
        passed_labels (array-like):
            The labels that were passed in through the argument.
        argument_name (str):
            The name of the argument being validated.

    Example:
        >>> known_classes = ["A", "B", "C"]
        >>> passed_labels = ["A", "B"]
        >>> validate_labels(known_classes, passed_labels, "true_labels")