def regtuple_to_numeric(items, qregs):
    """Takes (QuantumRegister, int) tuples and converts
    them into an integer array.

    Args:
        items (list): List of tuples of (QuantumRegister, int)
                      to convert.
        qregs (dict): List of )QuantumRegister, int) tuples.
    Returns:
        ndarray: Array of integers.

    """
    sizes = [qr.size for qr in qregs.values()]
    reg_idx = np.cumsum([0]+sizes)
    regint = {}
    for ind, qreg in enumerate(qregs.values()):
        regint[qreg] = ind
    out = np.zeros(len(items), dtype=np.int32)
    for idx, val in enumerate(items):
        out[idx] = reg_idx[regint[val[0]]]+val[1]
    return out