Use list comprehensions [value].

squares = [number * number for number in range(5)]
assert squares == [0, 1, 4, 9, 16]

even_squares = [number * number for number in range(5) if number % 2 == 0]
assert even_squares == [0, 4, 16]

Use set comprehensions {value}.

squares = {number * number for number in range(5)}
assert squares == {0, 1, 4, 9, 16}

Use dictionary comprehensions {key: value}.

squares = {number: number * number for number in range(5)}
assert squares == {0: 0, 1: 1, 2: 4, 3: 9, 4: 16}

Use generator expressions (value).

for x in ('Hello' for _ in range(3)):
    assert x == 'Hello'

Comprehensions and generator expressions can be nested. But avoid nesting comprehensions or expressions for more than 2 levels. Nesting can cause the code to become difficult to maintain.

colors = ['black', 'white']
sizes = ['S', 'M', 'L']
shirts = [(color, size) for color in colors
                        for size in sizes]
assert len(shirts) == 6
assert shirts[0] == ('black', 'S')

jackets = ((color, size) for color in colors
                         for size in sizes)
for jacket in jackets:
    assert isinstance(jacket, tuple)

from typing import NamedTuple

class Product(NamedTuple):
    name: str
    price: int

products = [
    Product(name='Apple', price=1),
    Product(name='Cookie', price=2),
    Product(name='Ground Coffee', price=3),
]

total = sum((
    product.price
    for product
    in products
), 0)
assert total == 6

Source

• Python Tricks The Book, Dan Bader
• Fluent Python, Luciano Ramalho