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### Flatten array up to depth
Use recursion, decrementing `depth` by 1 for each level of depth.
Use `Array.reduce()` and `Array.concat()` to merge elements or arrays.
Base case, for `depth` equal to `1` stops recursion.
Omit the second element, `depth` to flatten only to a depth of `1` (single flatten).
```js
const flattenDepth = (arr, depth = 1) =>
depth != 1 ? arr.reduce((a, v) => a.concat(Array.isArray(v) ? flattenDepth(v, depth - 1) : v), [])
: arr.reduce((a, v) => a.concat(v), []);
// flattenDepth([1,[2],[[[3],4],5]], 2) -> [1,2,[3],4,5]
```