# cf.AuxiliaryCoordinate.array

`AuxiliaryCoordinate.``array`

  A numpy array deep copy of the data array.

  Changing the returned numpy array does not change the data array.

  See also

  `data`, `dtarray`, `dtvarray`, `varray`

  Examples 1: |

      >>> f.data
      <CF Data: [0, ... 4] kg m-1 s-2>
      >>> a = f.array
      >>> type(a)
      <type 'numpy.ndarray'>
      >>> print a
      [0 1 2 3 4]
      >>> a[0] = 999
      >>> print a
      [999 1 2 3 4]
      >>> print f.array
      [0 1 2 3 4]
      >>> f.data
      <CF Data: [0, ... 4] kg m-1 s-2>