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// TypeScript Version: 4.1

/// <reference types="@stdlib/types"/>
/// <reference types="node"/>

import { ArrayLike } from '@stdlib/types/array';
import { Order } from '@stdlib/types/ndarray';
import { Buffer } from 'buffer';


/**
* Converts an ndarray buffer to a generic array (which may include nested arrays).
*
* @param buffer - data buffer
* @param shape - array shape
* @param strides - array strides
* @param offset - index offset
* @param order - specifies whether an array is row-major (C-style) or column-major (Fortran-style)
* @returns array (which may include nested arrays)
*
* @example
* var buffer = [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ];
* var shape = [ 2, 2 ];
* var order = 'row-major';
* var strides = [ 2, 1 ];
* var offset = 0;
*
* var out = ndarray2array( buffer, shape, strides, offset, order );
* // returns [ [ 1, 2 ], [ 3, 4 ] ]
*/
declare function ndarray2array( buffer: ArrayLike<any> | Buffer, shape: ArrayLike<number>, strides: ArrayLike<number>, offset: number, order: Order ): Array<any>;


// EXPORTS //

export = ndarray2array;