code: def empty_like(
      x: Union[ivy.Array, ivy.NativeArray],
      /,
      *,
      dtype: Optional[Union[ivy.Dtype, ivy.NativeDtype]] = None,
      device: Optional[Union[ivy.Device, ivy.NativeDevice]] = None,
      out: Optional[ivy.Array] = None,
  ) -> ivy.Array:
      """Return an uninitialized array with the same shape as an input array x.
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      x
          input array from which to derive the output array shape.
      dtype
          output array data type. If dtype is None, the output array data type must be
          inferred from x. Default: ``None``.
      device
          device on which to place the created array. If device is None, the output array
          device must be inferred from x. Default: ``None``.
      out
          optional output array, for writing the result to. It must have a shape that the
          inputs broadcast to.
  
      Returns
      -------
      ret
          an array having the same shape as x and containing uninitialized data.
  
  
      This function conforms to the `Array API Standard
      <https://data-apis.org/array-api/latest/>`_. This docstring is an extension of the
      `docstring <https://data-apis.org/array-api/latest/
      API_specification/generated/array_api.empty_like.html>`_
      in the standard.
  
      Both the description and the type hints above assumes an array input for simplicity,
      but this function is *nestable*, and therefore also accepts :class:`ivy.Container`
      instances in place of any of the arguments.
      """
      return current_backend(x).empty_like(
          x, dtype=dtype, device=device, out=out
      )
  
imports: from __future__ import annotations
  import functools
  from numbers import Number
  from typing import Union, Tuple, Optional, List, Sequence, Callable, Protocol, TypeVar, Iterable
  import numpy
  import ivy
  from ivy import to_ivy
  from ivy.utils.exceptions import handle_exceptions
  from ivy.utils.backend import current_backend
  from ivy.func_wrapper import handle_array_function, infer_dtype, handle_out_argument, outputs_to_ivy_arrays, inputs_to_native_arrays, inputs_to_native_shapes, to_native_arrays_and_back, handle_nestable, handle_array_like_without_promotion, handle_device, handle_backend_invalid, temp_asarray_wrapper
label_desc: Use image node_id 20 for calling a global function with example usage: empty_like() and returns: current_backend