code: def validate_clip_with_axis(axis, args, kwargs):
      """
      If 'NDFrame.clip' is called via the numpy library, the third
      parameter in its signature is 'out', which can takes an ndarray,
      so check if the 'axis' parameter is an instance of ndarray, since
      'axis' itself should either be an integer or None
      """
  
      if isinstance(axis, ndarray):
          args = (axis,) + args
          axis = None
  
      validate_clip(args, kwargs)
      return axis
  
imports: from numpy import ndarray
  from pandas.compat import OrderedDict
  from pandas.errors import UnsupportedFunctionCall
  from pandas.util._validators import validate_args, validate_args_and_kwargs, validate_kwargs
  from pandas.core.dtypes.common import is_bool, is_integer
label_desc: Use image node_id 5 for calling a global function with example usage: validate_clip_with_axis(axis, args, kwargs) and returns: axis