Python long integer input

Question

How can one take a "long int" input in Python 2.7? P.S. I tried various variations of `n=(*(raw_input()))` but to no avail.

Accepted Answer

```
n = int(raw_input())
```

This will convert the input to an integer. Since Python employs arbitrary precision arithmetic, we don't have to worry about how big the number is.

```
>>> n = int(raw_input())
100000000000000
>>> n
100000000000000L
```

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