input 2 variables separated by a comma in a single line

Question

Is it possible to input 2 numbers int or float separated by a comma in a single line?

Say after the program runs it would ask the user to <

Answer 1

It's my understanding that ast.literal_eval is safe:

>>> x, y = ast.literal_eval(raw_input('Enter a range: '))
Enter a range: 5, 6
>>> x, y
(5, 6)