python read input strings into list 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 user input of list of lists in python

lst = [ ] 
n = int(input("Enter number of elements : ")) 
  
for i in range(0, n): 
    ele = [input(), int(input())] 
    lst.append(ele) 
      
print(lst)