Feat/list utils

ovos_utils/__init__.py

@@ -117,6 +117,18 @@ def rotate_list(l, n=1):
     return l[n:] + l[:n]
 
 
+def flatten_list(some_list, tuples=True):
+    _flatten = lambda l: [item for sublist in l for item in sublist]
+    if tuples:
+        while any(isinstance(x, list) or isinstance(x, tuple)
+                  for x in some_list):
+            some_list = _flatten(some_list)
+    else:
+        while any(isinstance(x, list) for x in some_list):
+            some_list = _flatten(some_list)
+    return some_list
+
+
 def datestr2ts(datestr):
     y = int(datestr[:4])
     m = int(datestr[4:6])

test/unittests/test_utils.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import unittest
-from ovos_utils import rotate_list, camel_case_split, get_handler_name
+
+from ovos_utils import rotate_list, camel_case_split, get_handler_name, flatten_list
 
 
 class TestHelpers(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -14,10 +15,22 @@ def some_function():
         self.assertEqual(camel_case_split("MyAwesomeSkill"),
                          "My Awesome Skill")
 
+    def test_list_utils(self):
         self.assertEqual(rotate_list([1, 2, 3]), [2, 3, 1])
         self.assertEqual(rotate_list([1, 2, 3], 2), [3, 1, 2])
         self.assertEqual(rotate_list([1, 2, 3], 3), [1, 2, 3])
 
         self.assertEqual(rotate_list([1, 2, 3], -1), [3, 1, 2])
         self.assertEqual(rotate_list([1, 2, 3], -2), [2, 3, 1])
         self.assertEqual(rotate_list([1, 2, 3], -3), [1, 2, 3])
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            flatten_list([["A", "B"], ["C"]]), ["A", "B", "C"]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            flatten_list([("A", "B")]), ["A", "B"]
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            flatten_list([("A", "B"), ["C"], [["D", ["E", ["F"]]]]]),
+            ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F"]
+        )