how to input a list in 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 user input of list in python

# number of elements 
n = int(input("Enter number of elements : ")) 
  
# Below line read inputs from user using map() function  
a = list(map(int,input("\nEnter the numbers : ").strip().split()))[:n] 
  
print("\nList is - ", a)

Example 3: how to make a list in python

# empty list
my_list = []

# list of integers
my_list = [1, 2, 3]

# list with mixed data types
my_list = [1, "Hello", 3.4]

Example 4: how to get input from list in 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)

Example 5: how to take list input in python

for i in range(0, n): 
    ele = int(input()) 
  
    lst.append(ele)