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>>> a = raw_input("Who's yo daddy?: ")
Who's yo daddy?: Bubby June
>>> print a
Bubby June
>>>
See how the variable "a" now has the whole sentence "Bubby June" in it? You
can call split on "a" now and you'll get a list of words:
>>> Names = a.split()
>>> print Names
['Bubby','June']
>>>
--Michael
On 9/19/07, Boykie Mackay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi again,
>
> I have racked my brains and tried googling but to no avail.
>
> Is there any simple way of getting parameter input from the user?
>
> What I want to do is to type in two (or more) values on the command
> prompt and have a function do some work on them and return a result.For
> example say I had a multiplication function that I wanted to work as
> follows:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/dir/project$python multiply.py
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/dir/project$10 12 [enter]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/dir/project$120
>
> Basically I want to start the program 'multiply.py',then be presented
> with a blank screen in which I enter the numbers I want multipied
> seperated by a space e.g 1 10 11 to give an answer of 110.I have used
> the raw_input() and input() functions but it seems they only take on
> value at a time!
>
> I suppose what I'm really asking is how to receive muliple values of
> input from a user on a single line?
>
>
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