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Created October 12, 2011 14:44
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Flatten in Python
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flatten.py
def flatten(iterable):
if not isinstance(iterable, (list, tuple)):
yield iterable
else:
for i in iterable:
if isinstance(i, (list, tuple)):
for j in flatten(i):
yield j
else:
yield i
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