#function to input list of type [cast]
def inputList(msg,cast):
    i = input(msg)[1:-1]
    a = [cast(e) for e in i.split(',')]
    return a
#example code:
#l = inputList("enter a list of numbers: ",int)
#example prompt:
#enter a list of numbers: [1,2,3,4,5]
#expected result for l:
#l = [1,2,3,4,5]