python input list of ints

1a = list(map(int,input("\nEnter the numbers : ").strip().split()))

1lst = [ ] 
2n = int(input("Enter number of elements : ")) 
3  
4for i in range(0, n): 
5    ele = [input(), int(input())] 
6    lst.append(ele) 
7      
8print(lst)

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