def process_item(item_new): item_new += 1 result_new = item_new * item_new return result_new if __name__ == "__main__": ''' common write method ''' results = [] item_list = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4] for item in item_list: item += 1 result = item * item results.append(result) print('results', results) ''' better write method 1 ''' results = [process_item(item) for item in item_list] print('results', results)