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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def to_array(self, *args, **kwargs):
 """ Convert this tree into a NumPy structured array """

        from root_numpy import tree2array
        return tree2array(self, *args, **kwargs)