code: def _arg_x_as_expected(value):
      """Ensure argument `x` is a 1-D C-contiguous array.
  
      Returns
      -------
      value : ndarray
          A 1-D C-contiguous array.
      """
      value = cupy.asarray(value, order="C")
      if value.ndim != 1:
          raise ValueError("`x` must be a 1-D array")
      return value
  
imports: import math
  import cupy
  from cupy._core._scalar import get_typename
  from cupy_backends.cuda.api import runtime
  from cupyx import jit
label_desc: Use image node_id 8 for calling a global function with example usage: _arg_x_as_expected(value) and returns: value