cf.Data.tolist

Data.tolist()

Return the data as a scalar or (nested) list.

Returns the data as an N-levels deep nested list of Python scalars, where N is the number of data dimensions.

If N is 0 then, since the depth of the nested list is 0, it will not be a list at all, but a simple Python scalar.

Returns

list or scalar

The (nested) list of array elements, or a scalar if the data has 0 dimensions.

Examples

>>> d = cf.Data(9)
>>> d.tolist()
9

>>> d = cf.Data([1, 2])
>>> d.tolist()
[1, 2]

>>> d = cf.Data(([[1, 2], [3, 4]]))
>>> d.tolist()
[[1, 2], [3, 4]]

>>> d.equals(cf.Data(d.tolist()))
True