function taking scalar or list argument

[beliavsky@aol.com]

I can define a function that transforms either a scalar or each element in
a list as follows:

def twice(x):
    try:
        return map(twice,x)
    except:
        return 2*x

print twice(3) # 6
print twice([1,4,9]) # [2,8,18]

Is this good style? I intend to define many functions like this and want
to use the right method. Thanks.



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