title: Manipulation of numpy structured objects
body: <p>I've read a .mat file with scipy.io:</p>
  
  <pre><code>data = scipy.io.loadmat(etc.)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The function returns a dictionary, and my Matlab structure array is stored in a Numpy structured array. So far, so good. One of my fields is called <code>repet1_F3</code>, and should contain a vector of floats. I've accessed the vector using:</p>
  
  <pre><code>repet1_F3= data['repet1_F3']
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><code>repet1_F3</code> has a weird structure that I can't manipulate:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; repet1_F3
  array(array([ 0.48856978,  0.74278461, 2.73300925,  2.72642893, 2.73684854,  2.74516561,  2.69143553]), dtype=object)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Am I doing something wrong? How could I convert this object into a standard numpy array?</p>