input into list python code example

Example 1: get list as input

#to get integer list
integer_list = list(map(int, input().split()))
#to get char or str list, just replace int with str
str_list = list(map(str, input().split()))
#syntax of map(): map(dataType, iterable [, iterable2, iterable3,...iterableN])

Example 2: how to get an input into a list python

input_string = input("Enter a list element separated by space ")
list  = input_string.split()
print("Calculating sum of element of input list")
sum = 0
for num in list:
    sum += int (num)
print("Sum = ",sum)