code: def format_kwarg_dictionaries(
      default_kwargs=None, user_kwargs=None, protected_keys=None
  ):
      """Function to combine default and user specified kwargs dictionaries
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      default_kwargs : dict, optional
          Default kwargs (default is None).
      user_kwargs : dict, optional
          User specified kwargs (default is None).
      protected_keys : array_like, optional
          Sequence of keys to be removed from the returned dictionary
          (default is None).
  
      Returns
      -------
      formatted_kwargs : dict
          Formatted kwargs dictionary.
      """
      formatted_kwargs = {}
      for d in [default_kwargs, user_kwargs]:
          if not isinstance(d, (dict, type(None))):
              raise TypeError(
                  "d must be of type dict or None, but "
                  "got {} instead".format(type(d))
              )
          if d is not None:
              formatted_kwargs.update(d)
      if protected_keys is not None:
          for key in protected_keys:
              formatted_kwargs.pop(key, None)
  
      return formatted_kwargs
  
label_desc: Use image node_id 2 for calling a global function with example usage: format_kwarg_dictionaries(default_kwargs, user_kwargs, protected_keys) and returns: formatted_kwargs