numpy.asscalar

numpy. asscalar ( a ) [source]

Convert an array of size 1 to its scalar equivalent.

Deprecated since version 1.16: Deprecated, use numpy.ndarray.item() instead.

Parameters

a ndarray

Input array of size 1.

Returns

out scalar

Scalar representation of a. The output data type is the same type returned by the input’s item method.

Examples

>>> np.asscalar(np.array([24]))
24