#Abdulwahed Wahedi
#flatten code for CitrusByte

def test_flatten(arrays):
	#tests the flatten function with an input array of arrays
	for array in arrays:
		result = flatten(array)
		print 'testing ' + str(array)
		print 'result ' + str(result) + '\n'

def flatten(bumpy):
	#recursive function to flatten an arbitrarily nested array into a single dimensional array
	flat_array = []
	if len(bumpy) > 0:
		for x in bumpy:
			if isinstance(x, list):
				flat_array += flatten(x)
			else:
				flat_array += [x]
	return flat_array


def main():
	#to test this more extensively I would add some kind of random array generator
	test_arrays = [
		[],
		[1],
		[1,[2,3]],
		[1,[2,[3,4,[5,6]]]],
		[[[[[[[[[[1]]]]]]]]]]
	]
	test_flatten(test_arrays)
	return 0

if __name__ == "__main__":
	main()