code: def asanyarray(a, dtype=None, device=None):
      """Converts an object to an array.
  
      This is currently equivalent to :func:`~chainerx.asarray`, since there are
      no subclasses of ndarray in ChainerX. Note that the original
      :func:`numpy.asanyarray` returns the input array as is, if it is an
      instance of a subtype of :class:`numpy.ndarray`.
  
      .. seealso:: :func:`chainerx.asarray`, :func:`numpy.asanyarray`
      """
      return chainerx.asarray(a, dtype, device)
  
file_path: chainer/chainerx/creation/from_data.py
imports: import numpy
  import chainerx
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: asanyarray(a, dtype, device) and returns: chainerx