First and Last Ex 12

First and Last Ex 12.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Write a program that takes a list of numbers (for example, 
a = [5, 10, 15, 20, 25]) and makes a new list of only the first and last 
elements of the given list. For practice, write this code inside a function.
@author: Jeff Garcia
"""

userlist = input("Please enter a list of numbers separated by a single space:")
userlist = list(map(int,userlist.split()))

def list_first_and_last(userlist):
    newlist = []
    newlist.append(userlist[0])
    newlist.append(userlist[-1])
    return newlist

print(list_first_and_last(userlist))