code: def asarray(
      obj: Union[
          (
              None,
              mx.ndarray.NDArray,
              bool,
              int,
              float,
              NestedSequence,
              SupportsBufferProtocol,
              np.ndarray,
          )
      ],
      /,
      *,
      copy: Optional[bool] = None,
      dtype: Optional[None] = None,
      device: str,
      out: Optional[Union[(None, mx.ndarray.NDArray)]] = None,
  ) -> Union[(None, mx.ndarray.NDArray)]:
      ret = mx.nd.array(obj, device, dtype=dtype)
      if copy:
          return mx.numpy.copy(ret)
      return ret
  
imports: import mxnet
  import numpy
  from numbers import Number
  from typing import Union, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple
  import ivy
  from ivy.utils.exceptions import IvyNotImplementedException
  from ivy.functional.ivy.creation import _asarray_to_native_arrays_and_back, _asarray_infer_device, _asarray_handle_nestable, NestedSequence, SupportsBufferProtocol, _asarray_inputs_to_native_shapes
label_desc: Use image node_id 2 for calling a global function with example usage: asarray() and returns: ret, mx