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greencar
greencar

Reputation: 315

user input a list of numbers and use it in a Python function

I am trying to run this function with the following user input structure but cannot get a correct answer: 

def biggest_number(*args):   
   print (max(args))  
   return max(args)

a = (int(x) for x in input().split())

# 3,4,5

print (biggest_number(a))

So far I have tried different type of brackets "(" for tuples and "[" for lists as well as tried converting the strings to integers.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 82

Answers (2)

Dharmesh Fumakiya
Dharmesh Fumakiya

Reputation: 2338

you can try with raw_input() instead of input().

Upvotes: 0

Moses Koledoye
Moses Koledoye

Reputation: 78554

You can unpack the generator expression using the splat operator:

print (biggest_number(*a))

Although I think you actually want to use a container such as tuple or list since you can only consume the gen. exp. once so that the next call to max after the print gives you an error:

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

Or:

a = tuple(int(x) for x in input().split())

However, you still need to unpack since your function does not take the iterables directly.

Upvotes: 1

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