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Task/Flatten-a-list/Python/flatten-a-list-1.py

@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
->>> def flatten(lst, results=[]):      # 'results' defaults to an empty list []
-        for e in lst:                  #   for each element 'e' in lst
-            if type(e) is list:        #      if that element is a list, then
-                flatten(e, results)    #         flatten that sublist, appending results to "results"
-            else:                      #      if element is not a list, then
-                results.append(e)      #         insert a copy of it at the end of "results"
-        return results
+>>> def flatten(lst):
+	return sum( ([x] if not isinstance(x, list) else flatten(x)
+		     for x in lst), [] )
 
->>> l = [[1], 2, [[3,4], 5], [[[]]], [[[6]]], 7, 8, []]
->>> flatten(l)
+>>> lst = [[1], 2, [[3,4], 5], [[[]]], [[[6]]], 7, 8, []]
+>>> flatten(lst)
 [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]