Python - merge items of a dynamic nested list in a single list

Question

I have a code which takes input of the users and creates a nested list.

List = [list 1, list2, list 3,.....]

The list 1, list 2, list 3 and so on are dynamic and can keep increasing or decreasing.

So far my code output is:

All_data = [[a,b],[c,d],[1,2],[3,4],.....]

The output that I want (for the dynamic nested list):

All_data = [a,b,c,d,1,2,3,4,......]

Can anyone suggest me a solution to solve this?

Have you seen: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/952914/how-to-make-a-flat-list-out-of-a-list-of-lists — user107511, May 07 '22 at 16:07

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 07 '22 at 16:02

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You can use itertools.chain:

itertools.chain(*All_data)

Or:

itertools.chain.from_iterable(All_data)

This creates an iterator, if you want to get a list:

list(itertools.chain.from_iterable(All_data))

answered May 07 '22 at 16:02

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 07 '22 at 16:01

You can use numpy.concatenate(). It will condense the nested list into a single list.

If your nested list is dynamic and can grow exponentially, then I will suggest to use itertools.chain.from_iterable() from itertools library. It will be faster because it will not convert the list into a numpy array like the first option.

Python - merge items of a dynamic nested list in a single list

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