''' Purpose: convert an input list of integers into an integer list
'''

# get input
reply = input( 'Enter integers: ' )

print()

# split reply into list of numeric strings
nbr_strings = reply.split()

#  see what we got
print( 'nbr_strings:', nbr_strings )

print()

# convert numeric text into list of numbers

# set up the accumulator to prepare for adding elements
# we want to capture the integers that we're producing in the for loop in a list, so we initialize numbers to...
numbers = [] # start this off as an empty list

# GOTCHA: numbers = int( nbr_strings ) this will NEVER work, you have to loop through
# int() is a function that was never taught what to do with a list

print( numbers )
# process the strings of nbr_strings one-by-one
for ns in nbr_strings :
    # process the current numeric string

    # get numeric equivalent of ns
    nbr = int( ns )

    # add equivalent to list of numbers
    numbers.append( nbr )

    # print the updated list of numbers
    print( 'numbers:', numbers )