getting space separated input in python

Question

I am trying to get space separated inputs. while the first method works completely fine, the second method throws an error saying:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: int() argument must be a string, a bytes-like object or a number, not 'list'

what is wrong with the second method?

Method 1:

x = [int(j) for j in input().split()]

Method 2:

x = [j for j in int(input().split())]

Since you apply split to a str you get a list, which you feed to int. Hence the error. — Léopold Houdin
– Léopold Houdin, Commented Sep 21, 2018 at 11:32

Jay Shankar Gupta · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-21 11:38:44Z

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Because you are using split() to a string which will return a list, then you are passing this list to int() that's why you are getting error. for changing datatype of list you need to use map() as below or first approach of your's.

Try Below code

x = [j for j in map(int,input().split())]

edited Sep 21, 2018 at 11:38

answered Sep 21, 2018 at 11:32

Jay Shankar Gupta

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