How to read limited number of input separated by space in Python?

Question

While coding for competitions in codechef, I face this problem with python, to read

3     # number of required input  
1 4 2 # inputs 
         


        

Answer 1

To separate input by spaces:

data=list(map(int,input().split(' ')))

To verify wether the correct amount of numbers were passed:

if len(data) > n: # where n is your number of required input
    # Raise an exception or ask for the input again.