How to Convert Python Tuple to Array

Python does not have a built-in array data type like other programming languages, but if you use a library like Numpy, you will create an array.

Python tuple to array

To convert Python tuple to array, use the np.asarray() function. The np.asarray() is a library function that converts input to an array.

The input includes lists, tuples, tuples, tuples, tuples of lists, and ndarrays.

To convert a tuple into an array in Python:

1. Using numpy.asarray() method
2. Use numpy.array() method

If you have not installed numpy previously in your system, then to install numpy in your system, type the following command.

python3 -m pip install numpy

Example

import numpy as np

tup = (11, 21, 19, 18, 46, 29)
print(tup)
print(type(tup))

print("After converting Python tuple to array")

arr = np.asarray(tup)
print(arr)
print(type(arr))

Output

(11, 21, 19, 18, 46, 29)
<class 'tuple'>
After converting Python tuple to array
[11 21 19 18 46 29]
<class 'numpy.ndarray'>

In this example, we have imported the numpy module.

We then defined a tuple using the tuple() function.

For example, check the data type, use the type() function.

We got the array in return by using the np.asarray() function and passing a tuple as an argument.

If we check the data type of return value, it is a numpy array, which we wanted.

Convert a tuple of lists into an array

To convert a tuple of lists into an array, use the np.asarray() function and then flatten the array using the flatten() method to convert it into a one-dimensional array.

import numpy as np

tup = ([11, 21, 19], [18, 46, 29])

print("After converting Python tuple of lists to array")

arr = np.asarray(tup)
print(arr)

fla_arr = arr.flatten()
print(fla_arr)

Output

After converting Python tuple of lists to array
[[11 21 19]
 [18 46 29]]
[11 21 19 18 46 29]

The numpy.asarray() converts a tuple of lists to an array. Still, it will create a two-dimensional array, and to convert it into a one-dimensional array, use the array.flatten() method.

Using np.array() method to convert tuple to array

The numpy.array() method takes a Python object as an argument and returns an array. We will pass a tuple object to the np.array() function, converting that tuple to an array.

import numpy as np

tup = ([11, 21, 19], [18, 46, 29])

print("After converting Python tuple to array using np.array()")

arr = np.array(tup)
print(arr)

print("After flattening the array")
fla_arr = arr.flatten()
print(fla_arr)

Output

After converting Python tuple to array using np.array()
[[11 21 19]
 [18 46 29]]
After flattening the array
[11 21 19 18 46 29]

The np.array() function works almost the same as the np.asarray() and returns the converted array.

Assuming Python list as an array

If you don’t want to use a numpy array and make a list as an array, then use the list comprehension to convert a tuple to an array.

lt = []

tup1 = (11, 19, 21)
tup2 = (46, 18, 29)

lt.append(tup1)
lt.append(tup2)

arr = [x for xs in lt for x in xs]
print(arr)

Output

[11, 19, 21, 46, 18, 29]

That is it for this tutorial.

See also

Python tuple to dictionary

Python tuple to list

Python list to a tuple