def quadruple_input(item): """ Attempts to debug the quadruple function using print systems :param item: (num) the item to quadruple :return: (num) presumably, but not really, the quadrupled number. """ total = 0 print("A: ", total, item) for item in range(4): print(" --") print(" B: ", total, item) total += item print(" C: ", total, item) print("D: ", total, item) return total def main(): print(quadruple_input(5)) if __name__ == "__main__": main()