code: def as_array(request):
      """
      Boolean fixture to support ExtensionDtype _from_sequence method testing.
      """
      return request.param
  
imports: import operator
  import pytest
  from pandas._config.config import _get_option
  from pandas import Series, options
label_desc: Use image node_id 18 for calling a global function with example usage: as_array(request) and returns: request