Input multiple string in list - python

Question

Hello so im new on python, i want to know how to do multiple string input on list. I already try to append the input to the list, but it doesn't give me expected output. Here is the source code:

test=[]
input1=input("Enter multiple strings: ")
splitinput1=input1.split()
for x in range(len(splitinput1)):
    test.append(splitinput1)
print(test)
print(len(test))

And the output is not what i expected:

Enter multiple strings:  A B C
[['A', 'B', 'C'], ['A', 'B', 'C'], ['A', 'B', 'C']]
3

However, when i change to print(splitinput1), it give me expected output:

Enter multiple strings:  A B C
['A', 'B', 'C']
3

So how to make the output like print(splitinput1) while use print(test) and whats missing on my code? Thankyou.

You're doing a lot of extra steps and duplicating the list unintentionally with that for loop. Just do test = input("Enter multiple strings: ").split(). — Samwise
– Samwise, Commented Oct 25, 2022 at 14:08
If you really want to play with for loops, the code you want is for x in splitinput1: test.append(x). You don't want to append all of splitinput1 to test three times, you want to append each of the three items individually. (This for loop is also the same as test.extend(splitinput1).) — Samwise
– Samwise, Commented Oct 25, 2022 at 14:10

BishwashK · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-25 14:09:56Z

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You have slight error in your code. Do this:

test=[]
input1=input("Enter multiple strings: ")
splitinput1=input1.split()
for x in splitinput1:
   test.append(x)
print(test)
print(len(test))

answered Oct 25, 2022 at 14:09

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Omer Dagry Over a year ago

no need for the for loop

Omer Dagry · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-25 15:01:41Z

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strings = input("Enter multiple strings: ")
test = strings.split()
print(test)
print(len(test))

edited Oct 25, 2022 at 15:01

answered Oct 25, 2022 at 14:07

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user512512af Over a year ago

Your solution for the ['A', 'B', 'C'] is right sir, but the print(len(test)) shows 1. So when i want to print(test[2]) it give me IndexError: list index out of range. So @BishwashK is more correct

lroth Over a year ago

test.append(strings.split()) creates a list inside a list => [['a', 'b', 'c']]. so len() gives a result of 1. better to use: test = strings.split(). this also makes the first line of the code redundant: remove test = []. then the length of the list will be given correctly.

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