How do I multiply each member of an array by a scalar in javascript?

Question

For example, how do I achieve the following without iterating over the array?

var a = [1, 2, 3] * 5;  // a should equal [5, 10, 15]

Answer 1

var a, i, ii, term;

a = [1,2,3];
term = 5;

for (i=0, ii=a.length; i