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The ndarray.tolist() method converts a NumPy array into a nested Python list. It returns the array as an a.ndim-levels deep nested list of Python scalars.

Data items are converted to the nearest compatible built-in Python type.

Example

Python3 
import numpy as np gfg = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])    print(gfg.tolist())

Output
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Syntax

Syntax: ndarray.tolist() 

Parameters: none 

Returns: The possibly nested list of array elements.

How to Convert NumPy Array to Python List

To convert a NumPy array to a Python list we use ndarray.tolist method of NumPy library in Python. It returns a copy of the array data as a Python list (Nested list in case of a multi-dimensional array).

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Example:

In this example, we can see that by using ndarray.tolist() method, we can have the list of data items in ndarray.

Python3 
# import the important module in python import numpy as np        # make an array with numpy gfg = np.array([[1, 2, 3, 4, 5],                 [6, 5, 4, 3, 2]])        # applying ndarray.tolist() method print(gfg.tolist())

Output
[[1, 2, 3, 4, 5], [6, 5, 4, 3, 2]]

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