Python long integer input

Question

How can one take a "long int" input in Python 2.7?

P.S. I tried various variations of n=(*(raw_input())) but to no avail.

Solution

n = int(raw_input())

This will convert the input to an integer. Since Python employs arbitrary precision arithmetic, we don't have to worry about how big the number is.

>>> n = int(raw_input())
100000000000000
>>> n
100000000000000L

Comments

[Maciej Gol]

There is long type in Python, but it's different from long of C standard and similar - it has arbitrary precision, and any int object beyond int precision becomes long. >>> type(int(10000000000)) == long; True

[thefourtheye]

@kroolik Thanks :) Removed that from the answer.

[falsetru]

@kroolik, (in Python 2.x).

[Maciej Gol]

@falsetru, yes. Also, link to the docs (2nd paragraph)