unlist a list in python code example

Example 1: python how to unnest a nested list

# Basic syntax:
unnested_list = list(chain(*nested_list))
# Where chain comes from the itertools package and is useful for 
#	unnesting any iterables

# Example usage:
from itertools import chain
nested_list = [[1,2], [3,4]]
my_unnested_list = list(chain(*nested_list))
print(my_unnested_list)
--> [1, 2, 3, 4]

Example 2: flatten a list of list python

# idiomatic python

# using itertools
import itertools

list_of_list = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5], [6]]
chain = itertools.chain(*images)

flattened_list = list(chain)
# [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]