How do I parallelize a simple Python loop?

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This is probably a trivial question, but how do I parallelize the following loop in python?

# setup output lists
output1 = list()
output2 = list()
output3 = list()

for j in range(0, 10):
    # calc individual parameter value
    parameter = j * offset
    # call the calculation
    out1, out2, out3 = calc_stuff(parameter = parameter)

    # put results into correct output list
    output1.append(out1)
    output2.append(out2)
    output3.append(out3)

I know how to start single threads in Python but I don’t know how to “collect” the results.

Multiple processes would be fine too – whatever is easiest for this case. I’m using currently Linux but the code should run on Windows and Mac as-well.

What’s the easiest way to parallelize this code?

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