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Python; recursive flatten of nested iterables, with proper handling of string elements
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#!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
import collections | |
def flatten(t): | |
""" | |
Generator flattening the structure | |
>>> list(flatten([2, [2, "test", (4, 5, [7], [2, [6, 2, 6, [6], 4]], 6)]])) | |
[2, 2, "test", 4, 5, 7, 2, 6, 2, 6, 6, 4, 6] | |
""" | |
for x in t: | |
if isinstance(x, str) or not isinstance(x, collections.Iterable): | |
yield x | |
else: | |
yield from flatten(x) |
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