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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 cast_to_list(emoticons_list):
 """ Fix list of emoticons with a single name to a list for easier future iterations, and cast iterables to list. """

    emoticons_tuple = []
    for emoticons, image in emoticons_list:
        if isinstance(emoticons, basestring):
            emoticons = [emoticons]
        else:
            emoticons = list(emoticons)
        emoticons_tuple.append((emoticons, image))
    return emoticons_tuple