def asnumpy(self):
        """Returns a ``numpy.ndarray`` object with value copied from this array.

        Examples
        --------
        >>> x = mx.nd.ones((2,3))
        >>> y = x.asnumpy()
        >>> type(y)
        <type 'numpy.ndarray'>
        >>> y
        array([[ 1.,  1.,  1.],
               [ 1.,  1.,  1.]], dtype=float32)
        >>> z = mx.nd.ones((2,3), dtype='int32')
        >>> z.asnumpy()
        array([[1, 1, 1],
               [1, 1, 1]], dtype=int32)
        """
        data = np.empty(self.shape, dtype=self.dtype)
        check_call(_LIB.MXNDArraySyncCopyToCPU(
            self.handle,
            data.ctypes.data_as(ctypes.c_void_p),
            ctypes.c_size_t(data.size)))
        return data