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Write some code, that will flatten an array of arbitrarily nested arrays of integers into a flat array of integers. e.g. [[1,2,[3]],4] -> [1,2,3,4].
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flatten.js
/**
*
*Code to flatten multidimensional array in javascript
*
*/
function flatten(array) {
return JSON.parse("[" +
JSON.stringify(array)
.replace(/[\[\]]+/g, "")
.replace(/,,/g, ",") +
"]");
}
var arr = [[1,2,[3]],4] ;
alert(flatten(arr))
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