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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 prepare_data(content, mode, encoding, version=None):
 """\ Returns an iterable of `Segment` instances. If `content` is a string, an integer, or bytes, the returned tuple will have a single item. If `content` is a list or a tuple, a tuple of `Segment` instances of the same length is returned. :param content: Either a string, bytes, an integer or an iterable. :type content: str, bytes, int, tuple, list or any iterable :param mode: The global mode. If `content` is list/tuple, the `Segment` instances may have a different mode. :param encoding: The global encoding. If `content` is a list or a tuple, the `Segment` instances may have a different encoding. :param int version: Version constant or ``None``. This refers to the version which was provided by the user. :rtype: Segments """

    segments = Segments()
    add_segment = segments.add_segment
    if isinstance(content, (str_type, bytes, numeric)):
        add_segment(make_segment(content, mode, encoding))
        return segments
    for item in content:
        seg_content, seg_mode, seg_encoding = item, mode, encoding
        if isinstance(item, tuple):
            seg_content = item[0]
            if len(item) > 1:
                seg_mode = item[1] or mode  # item[1] could be None
            if len(item) > 2:
                seg_encoding = item[2] or encoding # item[2] may be None
        add_segment(make_segment(seg_content, seg_mode, seg_encoding))
    return segments