code: def parse_args(x, args):
      args_list = []
      for i, item in enumerate(x):
          tmp = []
          for ii, arg in enumerate(args):
              if isinstance(arg, (tuple, list)):
                  if len(arg) == len(x):
                      tmp.append(arg[i])
                  else:
                      print(
                          "Error: arguments must be a list of the same length as x"
                      )
                      sys.exit(1)
              else:
                  tmp.append(arg)
          args_list.append(tuple(tmp))
      return args_list
  
imports: import functools
  import sys
  import numpy
  import copy
  from scipy.interpolate import PchipInterpolator
  import seaborn
  import itertools
  import pandas
  from matplotlib.lines import Line2D
label_desc: Use image node_id 8 for calling a global function with example usage: parse_args(x, args) and returns: args_list