Recursive List Flattening

public static IEnumerable<TElement> Flatten<TElement,TSequence> (this IEnumerable<TSequence> sequences)
    where TSequence : IEnumerable<TElement>
{
    foreach (TSequence sequence in sequences)
    {
        foreach(TElement element in sequence)
        {
            yield return element;
        }
    }
}

static IEnumerable Flatten(params object[] objects)
{
    // Can't easily get varargs behaviour with IEnumerable
    return Flatten((IEnumerable) objects);
}

static IEnumerable Flatten(IEnumerable enumerable)
{
    foreach (object element in enumerable)
    {
        IEnumerable candidate = element as IEnumerable;
        if (candidate != null)
        {
            foreach (object nested in candidate)
            {
                yield return nested;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            yield return element;
        }
    }
}

/// Traverses an object hierarchy and return a flattened list of elements
/// based on a predicate.
///
/// TSource: The type of object in your collection.</typeparam>
/// source: The collection of your topmost TSource objects.</param>
/// selectorFunction: A predicate for choosing the objects you want.
/// getChildrenFunction: A function that fetches the child collection from an object.
/// returns: A flattened list of objects which meet the criteria in selectorFunction.
public static IEnumerable<TSource> Map<TSource>(
  this IEnumerable<TSource> source,
  Func<TSource, bool> selectorFunction,
  Func<TSource, IEnumerable<TSource>> getChildrenFunction)
{
  // Add what we have to the stack
  var flattenedList = source.Where(selectorFunction);

  // Go through the input enumerable looking for children,
  // and add those if we have them
  foreach (TSource element in source)
  {
    flattenedList = flattenedList.Concat(
      getChildrenFunction(element).Map(selectorFunction,
                                       getChildrenFunction)
    );
  }
  return flattenedList;
}

class Node
{
  public int NodeId { get; set; }
  public int LevelId { get; set; }
  public IEnumerable<Node> Children { get; set; }

  public override string ToString()
  {
    return String.Format("Node {0}, Level {1}", this.NodeId, this.LevelId);
  }
}

private IEnumerable<Node> GetNodes()
{
  // Create a 3-level deep hierarchy of nodes
  Node[] nodes = new Node[]
    {
      new Node
      {
        NodeId = 1,
        LevelId = 1,
        Children = new Node[]
        {
          new Node { NodeId = 2, LevelId = 2, Children = new Node[] {} },
          new Node
          {
            NodeId = 3,
            LevelId = 2,
            Children = new Node[]
            {
              new Node { NodeId = 4, LevelId = 3, Children = new Node[] {} },
              new Node { NodeId = 5, LevelId = 3, Children = new Node[] {} }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      new Node { NodeId = 6, LevelId = 1, Children = new Node[] {} }
    };
  return nodes;
}

[Test]
public void Flatten_Nested_Heirachy()
{
  IEnumerable<Node> nodes = GetNodes();
  var flattenedNodes = nodes.Map(
    p => true,
    (Node n) => { return n.Children; }
  );
  foreach (Node flatNode in flattenedNodes)
  {
    Console.WriteLine(flatNode.ToString());
  }

  // Make sure we only end up with 6 nodes
  Assert.AreEqual(6, flattenedNodes.Count());
}

[Test]
public void Only_Return_Nodes_With_Even_Numbered_Node_IDs()
{
  IEnumerable<Node> nodes = GetNodes();
  var flattenedNodes = nodes.Map(
    p => (p.NodeId % 2) == 0,
    (Node n) => { return n.Children; }
  );
  foreach (Node flatNode in flattenedNodes)
  {
    Console.WriteLine(flatNode.ToString());
  }
  // Make sure we only end up with 3 nodes
  Assert.AreEqual(3, flattenedNodes.Count());
}

Node 6, Level 1
Node 2, Level 2
Node 4, Level 3

enum1.SelectMany(
    a => a.SelectMany(
        b => b.SelectMany(
            c => c.Select(
                d => d.Name
            )
        )
    )
);

static IEnumerable Flatten(IEnumerable enumerable)
{
    foreach (object element in enumerable)
    {
        IEnumerable candidate = element as IEnumerable;
        if (candidate != null)
        {
            foreach (object nested in Flatten(candidate))
            {
                yield return nested;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            yield return element;
        }
    }
}

#!/usr/bin/env python

def flatten(iterable):
    for item in iterable:
        if hasattr(item, '__iter__'):
            for nested in flatten(item):
                yield nested
        else:
            yield item

if __name__ == '__main__':
    for item in flatten([1,[2, 3, [[4], 5]], 6, [[[7]]], [8]]):
        print(item, end=" ")

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static class EnumerableExtensions
{
    public static IEnumerable<T> Flatten<T>(this IEnumerable<IEnumerable<T>> sequence)
    {
        foreach(var child in sequence)
            foreach(var item in child)
                yield return item;
    }
}

<Extension()>
Public Function Flatten(Of T)(ByVal objects As Generic.IEnumerable(Of T), ByVal selector As Func(Of T, Generic.IEnumerable(Of T))) As Generic.IEnumerable(Of T)
    Return objects.Union(objects.SelectMany(selector).Flatten(selector))
End Function

private void flattenList(IEnumerable<T> list)
{
    foreach (T item in list)
    {
        masterList.Add(item);

        if (item.Count > 0)
        {
            this.flattenList(item);
        }
    }
}