def getA(self):
return self.__array__()<EOL>
Return `self` as an `ndarray` object.

Equivalent to ``np.asarray(self)``.

Parameters
----------
None

Returns
-------
ret : ndarray
    `self` as an `ndarray`

Examples
--------
>>> x = np.matrix(np.arange(12).reshape((3,4))); x
matrix([[ 0,  1,  2,  3],
        [ 4,  5,  6,  7],
        [ 8,  9, 10, 11]])
>>> x.getA()
array([[ 0,  1,  2,  3],
       [ 4,  5,  6,  7],
       [ 8,  9, 10, 11]])