deep_flatten python code example

Example: deep_flatten python

def spread(arg):
    ret = []
    for i in arg:
        if isinstance(i, list):
            ret.extend(i)
        else:
            ret.append(i)
    return ret


def deep_flatten(lst):
    result = []
    result.extend(
        spread(list(map(lambda x: deep_flatten(x) if type(x) == list else x, lst))))
    return result


deep_flatten([1, [2], [[3], 4], 5]) # [1,2,3,4,5]