code: def _get_skiprows(
      skiprows: int | Sequence[int] | slice | None,
  ) -> int | Sequence[int]:
      """
      Get an iterator given an integer, slice or container.
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      skiprows : int, slice, container
          The iterator to use to skip rows; can also be a slice.
  
      Raises
      ------
      TypeError
          * If `skiprows` is not a slice, integer, or Container
  
      Returns
      -------
      it : iterable
          A proper iterator to use to skip rows of a DataFrame.
      """
      if isinstance(skiprows, slice):
          start, step = skiprows.start or 0, skiprows.step or 1
          return list(range(start, skiprows.stop, step))
      elif isinstance(skiprows, numbers.Integral) or is_list_like(
          skiprows
      ):
          return cast("int | Sequence[int]", skiprows)
      elif skiprows is None:
          return 0
      raise TypeError(
          f"{type(skiprows).__name__} is not a valid type for skipping rows"
      )
  
imports: from __future__ import annotations
  from collections import abc
  import numbers
  import re
  from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Iterable, Literal, Pattern, Sequence, cast
  from pandas._libs import lib
  from pandas._typing import BaseBuffer, DtypeBackend, FilePath, ReadBuffer
  from pandas.compat._optional import import_optional_dependency
  from pandas.errors import AbstractMethodError, EmptyDataError
  from pandas.util._validators import check_dtype_backend
  from pandas.core.dtypes.common import is_list_like
  from pandas import isna
  from pandas.core.indexes.base import Index
  from pandas.core.indexes.multi import MultiIndex
  from pandas.core.series import Series
  from pandas.io.common import file_exists, get_handle, is_url, stringify_path, urlopen, validate_header_arg
  from pandas.io.formats.printing import pprint_thing
  from pandas.io.parsers import TextParser
label_desc: Use image node_id 3 for calling a global function with example usage: _get_skiprows(skiprows) and returns: list, cast, int