How to get an element of a NumPy list without bracket and ''

I have a NumPy list (Distances). When I print it, the result is:

array([[  1.        ],
       [600.        ],
       [456.03971033],
       [294.94188261],
       [286.47232436],
       [ 92.08606785]])

However, I want to get any specific element of this list as a float number without any brackets, array, and ” sign. Note that I don’t want to print it, I need to have the number in another variable like this:

element1 = Distance[0]

Result is: array([1.])

But I want it to be just: 1.

>Solution :

You can first flatten the array to make it one dimensional:

flatdistance = Distance.flatten()
element1 = flatdistance[0]