axes_to_array defaults to converting to int

            setattr(obj, k, v)

def axes_to_array(coordinate_dictionary, axis_keys=('x', 'y', 'z'), base_array=None):

def axes_to_array(coordinate_dictionary, axis_keys=('x', 'y', 'z'), base_array=None, asint=True):

    """Takes key-value pairs of a JSON value, and maps onto an array"""

    # If no base array is given

    if not base_array:

    # Do the mapping

    for axis, key in enumerate(axis_keys):

        if key in coordinate_dictionary:

            base_array[axis] = coordinate_dictionary[key]

            base_array[axis] = int(coordinate_dictionary[key]) if asint else coordinate_dictionary[key]

    return base_array