How can I add to a list in python by user input

Question

I want to add to a list by user inputs. Here's my code:

list = []  
list.append = int(input())
print(list)

When I run it I get this error:

 AttributeError: 'list' object attribute 'append' is read-only

What am I missing?

What exactly is your problem? What is happening when you run this code? What are you expecting to happen? — Chaoz
– Chaoz, Commented Mar 6, 2016 at 17:24
list.append = int(input()) AttributeError: 'list' object attribute 'append' is read-only. This is the error I'm confused about. I expecting to be able to add to the list by user input but I think either the code im using is wrong or I dont understand fully what I should write. Okay I think I understand what is going on. I cant add a list by user input cause .append is READ ONLY. So now I need to figure out how to add to the list another way? — Joseph.Son
– Joseph.Son, Commented Mar 6, 2016 at 17:28

Chaoz · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-06 17:35:14Z

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Your problem is that you are trying to set the "append" attribute of the list to the new value. list.append is the append attribute, which is read-only and can't be changed with list.append = newValue (explication of your error), while list.append() is the method which is actually what appends to your list.

list.append = int(input())

should be replaced with

list.append(int(input()))

Hope this helped.

answered Mar 6, 2016 at 17:35

Chaoz

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Joseph.Son Over a year ago

Thank you for explaining this to me .

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