From e6166ca8276ef2143a343d7912ca02cfec3aed45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark McIntyre <mark@mocktech.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 11:29:40 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] added flatten utility

---
 python/flatten | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 python/flatten

diff --git a/python/flatten b/python/flatten
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3fd1b38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/flatten
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+def flatten(data_object, key_name=None):
+    # print('-' * 10)
+    # print(f"data_object = {data_object}, key_name = {key_name}")
+
+    if type(data_object) == list:
+        for data_line in data_object:
+            # print(f"dl | data_line = {data_line}")
+            # print(f"dl | key_name = {key_name}")
+            # print(f":recursion")
+            flatten(data_line, key_name=key_name)
+            # print(":returned to the stack")
+    elif type(data_object) == dict:
+        for k, v in data_object.items():
+            # print(f"dd | k, v = {k}, {v}")
+            # print(f"dd | key_name = {key_name}")
+            key_name = f"{key_name}.{k}" if key_name else k
+            # print(f"dd | key_name.k = {key_name}")
+            # print(f":recursion")
+            flatten(v, key_name=key_name)
+
+            # print(":returned to the stack")
+            # print(f"dd | key_name = {key_name}")
+            key_name = ".".join(key_name.split('.')[:-1])
+            # print("...back tracking key_name one level")
+    else:
+        print(f"--> {key_name}: {data_object}") if key_name else None
+
+    # print("<< returning from this run")
+    # print('=' * 10)
+
+    return
+