cfdm.Array.__array__

Array.__array__(dtype=None, copy=None)[source]

The numpy array interface.

Added in version (cfdm): 1.8.7.0

Parameters:
dtype: optional

Typecode or data-type to which the array is cast.

copy: None or bool

Included to match the v2 numpy.ndarray.__array__ API, but ignored. The return numpy array is always independent.

Added in version (cfdm): 1.12.0.0

Returns:
numpy.ndarray

An independent numpy array of the data.

Examples

>>> isinstance(a, Array)
True
>>> n = numpy.asanyarray(a)
>>> isinstance(n, numpy.ndarray)
True