How to convert a nested list into a one-dimensional list in Python? [duplicate]
You need to recursively loop over the list and check if an item is iterable(strings are iterable too, but skip them) or not. itertools.chain will not work for [1,[2,2,2],4] because it requires all of it’s items to be iterable, but 1 and 4 (integers) are not iterable. That’s why it worked for the second one … Read more