code: def take_along_axis(a, indices, axis):
      """Take values from the input array by matching 1d index and data slices.
  
      Args:
          a (cupy.ndarray): Array to extract elements.
          indices (cupy.ndarray): Indices to take along each 1d slice of ``a``.
          axis (int): The axis to take 1d slices along.
  
      Returns:
          cupy.ndarray: The indexed result.
  
      .. seealso:: :func:`numpy.take_along_axis`
      """
  
      if indices.dtype.kind not in ("i", "u"):
          raise IndexError("`indices` must be an integer array")
  
      if axis is None:
          a = a.ravel()
          axis = 0
  
      ndim = a.ndim
  
      axis = internal._normalize_axis_index(axis, ndim)
  
      if ndim != indices.ndim:
          raise ValueError(
              "`indices` and `a` must have the same number of dimensions"
          )
  
      fancy_index = []
      for i, n in enumerate(a.shape):
          if i == axis:
              fancy_index.append(indices)
          else:
              ind_shape = (1,) * i + (-1,) + (1,) * (ndim - i - 1)
              fancy_index.append(cupy.arange(n).reshape(ind_shape))
  
      return a[tuple(fancy_index)]
  
file_path: cupy/cupy/_indexing/indexing.py
imports: import cupy
  from cupy._core import internal
label_desc: Use image node_id 2 for calling a global function with example usage: take_along_axis(a, indices, axis) and returns: a