code: def _locate(path: str) -> Any:
      """
      Locate an object by name or dotted path, importing as necessary.
      This is similar to the pydoc function `locate`, except that it checks for
      the module from the given path from back to front.
      """
      if path == "":
          raise ImportError("Empty path")
      from importlib import import_module
      from types import ModuleType
  
      parts = [part for part in path.split(".")]
      for part in parts:
          if not len(part):
              raise ValueError(
                  f"Error loading '{path}': invalid dotstring."
                  + "\nRelative imports are not supported."
              )
      assert len(parts) > 0
      part0 = parts[0]
      try:
          obj = import_module(part0)
      except Exception as exc_import:
          raise ImportError(
              f"Error loading '{path}':\n{repr(exc_import)}"
              + f"\nAre you sure that module '{part0}' is installed?"
          ) from exc_import
      for m in range(1, len(parts)):
          part = parts[m]
          try:
              obj = getattr(obj, part)
          except AttributeError as exc_attr:
              parent_dotpath = ".".join(parts[:m])
              if isinstance(obj, ModuleType):
                  mod = ".".join(parts[: m + 1])
                  try:
                      obj = import_module(mod)
                      continue
                  except ModuleNotFoundError as exc_import:
                      raise ImportError(
                          f"Error loading '{path}':\n{repr(exc_import)}"
                          + f"\nAre you sure that '{part}' is importable from module '{parent_dotpath}'?"
                      ) from exc_import
                  except Exception as exc_import:
                      raise ImportError(
                          f"Error loading '{path}':\n{repr(exc_import)}"
                      ) from exc_import
              raise ImportError(
                  f"Error loading '{path}':\n{repr(exc_attr)}"
                  + f"\nAre you sure that '{part}' is an attribute of '{parent_dotpath}'?"
              ) from exc_attr
      return obj
  
imports: import argparse
  import inspect
  import logging.config
  import os
  import sys
  import traceback
  import warnings
  from dataclasses import dataclass
  from os.path import dirname, join, normpath, realpath
  from types import FrameType, TracebackType
  from typing import Any, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple
  from omegaconf.errors import OmegaConfBaseException
  from hydra._internal.config_search_path_impl import ConfigSearchPathImpl
  from hydra.core.config_search_path import ConfigSearchPath, SearchPathQuery
  from hydra.core.utils import get_valid_filename, validate_config_path
  from hydra.errors import CompactHydraException, InstantiationException, SearchPathException
  from hydra.types import RunMode, TaskFunction
label_desc: Use image node_id 19 for calling a global function with example usage: _locate(path) and returns: obj