code: def _slice(operand, start_indices, limit_indices, strides=None):
      strides = [1] * len(operand.shape) if strides is None else strides
  
      full_slice = ()
      for i, _ in enumerate(operand.shape):
          strides_i = int(strides[i])
          start_i = int(start_indices[i])
          limit_i = int(limit_indices[i])
          full_slice += (slice(start_i, limit_i, strides_i),)
      return operand[full_slice]
  
imports: from typing import Optional, Union, Tuple, Iterable, Sequence, Callable, Any, Literal, List
  from numbers import Number
  from functools import partial
  import math
  import ivy
  from ivy.func_wrapper import handle_out_argument, handle_partial_mixed_function, to_native_arrays_and_back, inputs_to_native_shapes, handle_nestable, handle_array_like_without_promotion, handle_view, inputs_to_ivy_arrays, handle_array_function, handle_device, handle_backend_invalid
  from ivy.functional.ivy.general import _numel
  from ivy.utils.backend import current_backend
  from ivy.utils.exceptions import handle_exceptions
label_desc: Use image node_id 41 for calling a global function with example usage: _slice(operand, start_indices, limit_indices, strides) and returns: operand