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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def r_num(obj):
 """Read list of numbers."""

    if isinstance(obj, (list, tuple)):
        it = iter
    else:
        it = LinesIterator
    dataset = Dataset([Dataset.FLOAT])
    return dataset.load(it(obj))