pandas.api.extensions.ExtensionArray.astype

ExtensionArray.astype(dtype, copy=True) [source]

Cast to a NumPy array with ‘dtype’.

Parameters:	dtype : str or dtype Typecode or data-type to which the array is cast. copy : bool, default True Whether to copy the data, even if not necessary. If False, a copy is made only if the old dtype does not match the new dtype.
Returns:	array : ndarray NumPy ndarray with ‘dtype’ for its dtype.