Basci python multipocessing

mp_example.py

def processSpecies(speciesName):
	#do stuff for this species
	return(result)

speciesList=['a','b','c','d']

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#how stuff is typically done
results=[]
for species in speciesList:
	results.append(processSpecies(species)
	
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#Or the same thing using a for loop one-liner
results=[processSpecies{species) for species in speciesList]
						
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#Same thing as above, but with multi threads
import multiprocessing as mp
#5 threads
p = mp.Pool(5)
results=[p.map(processSpecies, speciesList, 2)]