numbers = input("Please enter two numbers: ") # if numbers variable containers , split by , else split by space if "," in numbers: numbers = numbers.split(",") else: numbers = numbers.split(" ") # exit if len(numbers) != 2 if len(numbers) != 2: print("Please enter two numbers") exit() # convert to int for i in range(len(numbers)): numbers[i] = int(numbers[i]) # calculate the average average = sum(numbers) / len(numbers) print(f"The average of {numbers[0]} and {numbers[1]} is {average}")