Most programming contests have input as below. The first line: number of lines that follow and other parameters. The second line upto the last line: data of type string or integer. You can check the IO to work: ``` active haskell module Main where import Control.Applicative import Data.List main :: IO () main = do ks <- map read . words <$> getLine xs <- words <$> getLine print (ks :: [Int], xs :: [String]) ``` Typically you better separate the solver out of the IO. "interact" is also handy: ``` active haskell main :: IO () main = interact (solve . map words . lines) solve :: [[String]] -> String solve s = show (l0 :: [Int]) ++ show l1 where l0 = map read $ (!!0) s l1 = (!!1) s ```