Beginner Python Help

[Jussi Piitulainen]

Terry Reedy writes:

> On 3/18/2016 3:04 AM, Alan Gabriel wrote:

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>> list1=(num.split())
>
> list1 is a list of strings
>
>> maxim= (max(list1))
>> minim= (min(list1))
>
> min and max compare the strings as strings, lexicographically
>
>> print(minim, maxim)

...

> You failed to convert strings of digits to ints.  Try
>
> list1 = map(int, num.split)
>
> This will raise TypeError on strings that cannot be converted.

Written in a hurry? :)

Surely it'll raise something about a method not being iterable, and when
that is fixed, something about not being able to invent a minimum for an
empty sequence.

list1 = list(map(int, num.split()))