Python is there a quick way to let the user enter a list?

Question

What I usally do when letting the user enter a list is

myList = []
for i in range(n): #n is a initalized number
    myList.append(int(input()))

This way when the user enters they have to enter 1 item at a time, and need to press enter before they can input the next time. Instead, I want the user to enter something like

1 2 3 4 5

All the input for the list will be on the same line, and the list will store each number as a item in the list, which will make the list like

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

is there a way to do that in Python?

Does this answer your question? [Get a list of numbers as input from the user](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4663306/get-a-list-of-numbers-as-input-from-the-user) — tbhaxor, Nov 07 '21 at 02:25
not really, I'm trying to find a way to store the items in the list as a int directly, every method out there will store it as a string — ir6, Nov 07 '21 at 02:28

Pedro Maia · Answer 1 · 2021-11-07T02:32:40.980

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Use the split function:

inpt = "1 2 3 4 5"
lst = inpt.split() -> ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5']

if you want int:

lst = [int(i) for i in inpt.split()] -> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

edited Nov 07 '21 at 02:32

answered Nov 07 '21 at 02:24

Pedro Maia

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so split will break a string directly into a list based on its spaces? And also is there a way to change it so that the numbers will be directly stored as an int instead of string? – ir6 Nov 07 '21 at 02:27
Yes, split doesn't provide a type conversion but you can do a simple list comprehension. Check the updated code – Pedro Maia Nov 07 '21 at 02:28
okey ty! that really helped – ir6 Nov 07 '21 at 02:29
You're welcome, consider accepting the answer. – Pedro Maia Nov 07 '21 at 02:30
@rv.kvetch `input` is only there to sinalize the user input... not the actual variable. – Pedro Maia Nov 07 '21 at 02:31
you are assigning it using the `=`, so it looks like a variable to me – rv.kvetch Nov 07 '21 at 02:32
`input.split()` also certainly looks like a variable is being used to me - unless this is all actually just pseudo code, in which case I might have been reading it wrong. – rv.kvetch Nov 07 '21 at 02:33
Is it better now? – Pedro Maia Nov 07 '21 at 02:33
Yes, looks better overall to me at least. – rv.kvetch Nov 07 '21 at 02:34

Python is there a quick way to let the user enter a list?

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