''' Purpose: demonstrate the processing numeric input
'''

# get input
reply = input( 'Enter rectangle width and height (integers): ' )  

# split into components
w, h = reply.split()    # So this takes '5 6' and splits it into ['5','6']
                        # w is assigned '5' and h is assigned '6'

# In this case, reply.split() gives you a list of two things
# So we need two variables to assign those two things ('5' and '6') to.

# cast them to int - so now we can do math with w and h since they're
# converted into numbers after line 19.

w = int( w )
h = int( h )

# If you have it the other way, you do:
# w , h = int(w), int(h)

# MULTIPLE ASSIGNMENT - Make sure you have the same things on the left
# as the number of things on the right
# ex. x,y,z = 1,2,3         # This way each variable gets assigned a value.

# compute area
area = w * h                                           

# display result
print( area )