Ruby Array#flattenは階層を指定できる

[[[]]].flatten
  # => []

[[[]]].flatten(0)
  # => [[[]]]
[[[]]].flatten(1)
  # => [[]]
[[[]]].flatten(2)
  # => []
[[[]]].flatten(-1)
  # => []

デフォルト値は-1.
ネストが深くなると実害ありそうなので意識する必要がある.

[[1,[2,3]], [4,[5,6]], [7,[8,9]]].flatten
  # => [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
[[1,[2,3]], [4,[5,6]], [7,[8,9]]].flatten(1)
  # => [1, [2, 3], 4, [5, 6], 7, [8, 9]]

References

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5612625/how-to-flatten-an-array-of-arrays-but-not-all-the-way-down
• http://apidock.com/ruby/Array/flatten