multiply utple or list

[P at draigBrady.com]

Jim Red wrote:
> what is the best way to multiply a tuple or list by a given value
> 
> exp.
> multiply (4, 5) by 2 => (8, 10)

something like this?

import types
def multiply_sequence(sequence, multiplier):
     new_sequence = map(lambda item: item*multiplier, sequence)
     if type(sequence) == types.TupleType:
         return tuple(new_sequence)
     elif type(sequence) == types.ListType:
         return new_sequence

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