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user input for multi-dimentional list without a prior iteration using input() - Parshaw - Sep-21-2020 Hello to my fellow python users, I am new to python programming and while learning I faced a specific problem which require me to input a multi-dimentional list from user. I tried using # input multi-dimensional list from user l = list(list(input().split())) # this part is not working as I required print("""in print()""") print(l) print("""in loop""") for i in l : print(l) in the hope of inserting multi-dimensional list from the user through input() function but it did't worked. [inline] # input given by user D 500 W 600 [/inline]
So, here I am asking my fellow python users to kindly help me with this specific problem if there is a default available because I have tried with row iteration to get the number of rows but that trick is completely separate from what the question generally wants to asks because I already search the google but it didn't give me the required answer. [the number of columns for the inside list is 'n' and the type is <list object>[[<string object>]]]Kindly, help me to get a solution. Thank you. RE: user input for multi-dimentional list without a prior iteration using input() - Larz60+ - Sep-21-2020 what you have is a double cast, which is the same as a single cast. that's like saying red, red is the barn colour and thus both will give you a single dimension list example: >>> l = list(list(input().split())) 1 2 3 4 5 >>> l ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5'] >>> l = list(input().split()) 1 2 3 4 5 >>> l ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5'] RE: user input for multi-dimentional list without a prior iteration using input() - Parshaw - Sep-22-2020 Thank you for your reply. I know that what I have done but what I am trying to get is a multidimensional list through a one-liner without a prior iteration or in other words from input function something like the following: If I give input as : D 500 W 600 S 900Then, the expected output should be like: If there is way for it like how we do normal list input using:list(input()) RE: user input for multi-dimentional list without a prior iteration using input() - DeaD_EyE - Sep-22-2020 This is not very efficient, but works. input_list = list(input().split()) result = list(zip(input_list[0::2], input_list[1::2]))The inner type is a tuple. RE: user input for multi-dimentional list without a prior iteration using input() - Parshaw - Sep-22-2020 Thank you for your help but is it possible to have inner type also as list? If not then it's okay otherwise your(#DeaD_EyE) answer is fine as I have already tried it in my code and its working. The latter question is for my knowledge. Thank you all for helping me for my problem. Thank you!!! RE: user input for multi-dimentional list without a prior iteration using input() - DeaD_EyE - Sep-22-2020 The expectation is, that the user never enters a wrong value or miss a value. This is also true for the first example I posted. Inside a list comprehension you can cast a tuple into a list. By the way, if you don't modify the pairs afterwards, then you don't need to put them into a list. input_list = list(input().split()) result = [list(pair) for pair in zip(input_list[0::2], input_list[1::2])]The list comprehension as for-loop: input_list = list(input().split()) result = [] for pair in zip(input_list[0::2], input_list[1::2]): result.append(list(pair))I guess the next question is, how to convert the values which are str into int .input_list = list(input().split()) result = [] for char, value in zip(input_list[0::2], input_list[1::2]): result.append([char, int(value)])If you've more than two fields, there a better method to chunk the data. The technique is called chunking. def chunks(iterable, size): yield from zip(*[iter(iterable)] * size) # or if you want lists def chunks(iterable, size): for items in zip(*[iter(iterable)] * size): yield list(items)The package more_itertools have many useful methods. But first you need to understand Python better. RE: user input for multi-dimentional list without a prior iteration using input() - Parshaw - Sep-22-2020 Thank you for your help as per my request regarding the question I asked in the previous post and it is very much helpful, I have used your advice in my problem and it really helped me in solving that problem and knowing for solving other problems related to the same. Thank you #DeadEyE for your help. |