code: def _select_nsplits(
      cls,
      op: "DataFrameAlign",
      tileable: TileableType,
      val_to_replace: list,
  ):
      if op.axis is None:
          return val_to_replace[: tileable.ndim]
      else:
          attr_val = tileable.nsplits
          axis = op.axis % tileable.ndim
          return [
              tuple(val_to_replace[op.axis])
              if i == axis
              else attr_val[i]
              for i in range(len(attr_val))
          ]
  
imports: from typing import Any, Optional, Union
  import numpy
  from ...None import opcodes
  from ...core import get_output_types, recursive_tile, OutputType
  from ...serialization.serializables import AnyField, KeyField, StringField, Int16Field, Int64Field
  from ...typing import TileableType
  from ..operands import DataFrameOperand, DataFrameOperandMixin
  from ..align import align_dataframe_dataframe, align_dataframe_series, align_series_series
  from ..core import IndexValue
  from ..utils import validate_axis, parse_index, build_empty_df
label_desc: Use image node_id 8 for calling the DataFrameAlign obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj._select_nsplits(cls, op, tileable, val_to_replace) and returns: val_to_replace, unknown