| 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930 | from pandas import (    Categorical,    Index,    Series,)from pandas.core.arrays import BaseMaskedArraydef get_array(obj, col=None):    """    Helper method to get array for a DataFrame column or a Series.    Equivalent of df[col].values, but without going through normal getitem,    which triggers tracking references / CoW (and we might be testing that    this is done by some other operation).    """    if isinstance(obj, Index):        arr = obj._values    elif isinstance(obj, Series) and (col is None or obj.name == col):        arr = obj._values    else:        assert col is not None        icol = obj.columns.get_loc(col)        assert isinstance(icol, int)        arr = obj._get_column_array(icol)    if isinstance(arr, BaseMaskedArray):        return arr._data    elif isinstance(arr, Categorical):        return arr    return getattr(arr, "_ndarray", arr)
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