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How to flatten a nested list
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flatten_list.py
l = [ [1, 2], [3, 4, 5] ]
# Option 1
# Nice because it works not only with lists but all kinds of iterators
flattened1 = list(itertools.chain(*l))
# Option 2
flattened2 = sum(l, [])
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