diff --git a/nac3core/src/codegen/object/ndarray/mod.rs b/nac3core/src/codegen/object/ndarray/mod.rs
index 5a22a610..655f8e76 100644
--- a/nac3core/src/codegen/object/ndarray/mod.rs
+++ b/nac3core/src/codegen/object/ndarray/mod.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use crate::{
         CodeGenContext, CodeGenerator,
     },
     toplevel::{helper::extract_ndims, numpy::unpack_ndarray_var_tys},
-    typecheck::typedef::Type,
+    typecheck::typedef::{Type, TypeEnum},
 };
 
 pub mod array;
@@ -483,6 +483,22 @@ impl<'ctx> NDArrayObject<'ctx> {
 
         TupleObject::from_objects(generator, ctx, objects)
     }
+
+    /// Create an unsized ndarray to contain `object`.
+    pub fn make_unsized<G: CodeGenerator + ?Sized>(
+        generator: &mut G,
+        ctx: &mut CodeGenContext<'ctx, '_>,
+        object: AnyObject<'ctx>,
+    ) -> NDArrayObject<'ctx> {
+        // We have to put the value on the stack to get a data pointer.
+        let data = ctx.builder.build_alloca(object.value.get_type(), "make_unsized").unwrap();
+        ctx.builder.build_store(data, object.value).unwrap();
+        let data = Ptr(Int(Byte)).pointer_cast(generator, ctx, data);
+
+        let ndarray = NDArrayObject::alloca(generator, ctx, object.ty, 0);
+        ndarray.instance.set(ctx, |f| f.data, data);
+        ndarray
+    }
 }
 
 /// A convenience enum for implementing functions that acts on scalars or ndarrays or both.
@@ -492,7 +508,50 @@ pub enum ScalarOrNDArray<'ctx> {
     NDArray(NDArrayObject<'ctx>),
 }
 
+impl<'ctx> TryFrom<&ScalarOrNDArray<'ctx>> for AnyObject<'ctx> {
+    type Error = ();
+
+    fn try_from(value: &ScalarOrNDArray<'ctx>) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        match value {
+            ScalarOrNDArray::Scalar(scalar) => Ok(*scalar),
+            ScalarOrNDArray::NDArray(_ndarray) => Err(()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'ctx> TryFrom<&ScalarOrNDArray<'ctx>> for NDArrayObject<'ctx> {
+    type Error = ();
+
+    fn try_from(value: &ScalarOrNDArray<'ctx>) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        match value {
+            ScalarOrNDArray::Scalar(_scalar) => Err(()),
+            ScalarOrNDArray::NDArray(ndarray) => Ok(*ndarray),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'ctx> ScalarOrNDArray<'ctx> {
+    /// Split on `object` either into a scalar or an ndarray.
+    ///
+    /// If `object` is an ndarray, [`ScalarOrNDArray::NDArray`].
+    ///
+    /// For everything else, it is wrapped with [`ScalarOrNDArray::Scalar`].
+    pub fn split_object<G: CodeGenerator + ?Sized>(
+        generator: &mut G,
+        ctx: &mut CodeGenContext<'ctx, '_>,
+        object: AnyObject<'ctx>,
+    ) -> ScalarOrNDArray<'ctx> {
+        match &*ctx.unifier.get_ty(object.ty) {
+            TypeEnum::TObj { obj_id, .. }
+                if *obj_id == ctx.primitives.ndarray.obj_id(&ctx.unifier).unwrap() =>
+            {
+                let ndarray = NDArrayObject::from_object(generator, ctx, object);
+                ScalarOrNDArray::NDArray(ndarray)
+            }
+            _ => ScalarOrNDArray::Scalar(object),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Get the underlying [`BasicValueEnum<'ctx>`] of this [`ScalarOrNDArray`].
     #[must_use]
     pub fn to_basic_value_enum(self) -> BasicValueEnum<'ctx> {
@@ -501,4 +560,27 @@ impl<'ctx> ScalarOrNDArray<'ctx> {
             ScalarOrNDArray::NDArray(ndarray) => ndarray.instance.value.as_basic_value_enum(),
         }
     }
+
+    /// Convert this [`ScalarOrNDArray`] to an ndarray - behaves like `np.asarray`.
+    /// - If this is an ndarray, the ndarray is returned.
+    /// - If this is a scalar, this function returns new ndarray created with [`NDArrayObject::make_unsized`].
+    pub fn to_ndarray<G: CodeGenerator + ?Sized>(
+        &self,
+        generator: &mut G,
+        ctx: &mut CodeGenContext<'ctx, '_>,
+    ) -> NDArrayObject<'ctx> {
+        match self {
+            ScalarOrNDArray::NDArray(ndarray) => *ndarray,
+            ScalarOrNDArray::Scalar(scalar) => NDArrayObject::make_unsized(generator, ctx, *scalar),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Get the dtype of the ndarray created if this were called with [`ScalarOrNDArray::to_ndarray`].
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn get_dtype(&self) -> Type {
+        match self {
+            ScalarOrNDArray::NDArray(ndarray) => ndarray.dtype,
+            ScalarOrNDArray::Scalar(scalar) => scalar.ty,
+        }
+    }
 }