[Tutor] Lists/raw_input

[Christian Witts]

On 2012/02/07 07:40 AM, Michael Lewis wrote:
> I want to prompt the user only once to enter 5 numbers. I then want to 
> create a list out of those five numbers. How can I do that?
>
> I know how to do it if I prompt the user 5 different times, but I only 
> want to prompt the user once.
>
> Thanks.
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> Michael
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You can take your input from your user in one line seperated by 
something like a space and then split it after you capture it so for eg.

user_input = raw_input('enter 5 numbers seperated by a space each: ')
list_from_input = user_input.split() # Split by default splits on 
spaces, otherwise you need to specify the delimiter
# Then you can validate the list to ensure all 5 are actually numbers, 
otherwise prompt the user to re-enter them

Hope that help.
-- 

Christian Witts
Python Developer
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