multiply utple or list

[Jim Red]

what is the best way to multiply a tuple or list by a given value

exp.
multiply (4, 5) by 2 => (8, 10)

cheers

jr

[Karl Scalet]

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)

cheers

jr

i.e.:

import operator
[ operator.mul(x,2) for x in (4,5)]

regards,
Karl

[P]

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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[Diez B. Roggisch]

> >>> import operator

>>> [ operator.mul(x,2) for x in (4,5)]

Why not simply * ?

[ x * 2 for x in (4,5)]

And you might surround it by tuple to gain a tuple

tuple([ x * 2 for x in (4,5)])

Another way would be to use Numeric

import Numeric
a = Numeric.array((10,2), Numeric.Float32)
a = a * 2
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Regards,

Diez B. Roggisch

[Karl Scalet]

Diez B. Roggisch wrote:

>>> import operator
>>> [ operator.mul(x,2) for x in (4,5)]

Why not simply * ?

[ x * 2 for x in (4,5)]

oops, of course. I had the map function in mind,
which only accepts a function, but this would come
to something like:

li=(4,5)
map(operator.mul, li, (2,)*len(li))

and is certainly worse then list comprehension :-)

regards,
Karl