diff --git a/python/longest_increasing_subsequence.py b/python/longest_increasing_subsequence.py
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+def longest_increasing_subsequence(nums):
+    n = len(nums)
+    lis = [1]*n
+ 
+    for i in range(1, n):
+        for j in range(0, i):
+            if nums[i] > nums[j] and lis[i] < lis[j] + 1:
+                lis[i] = lis[j]+1
+
+    return max(lis)
+
+nums = [int(x) for x in input("Enter numbers:\n").split()]
+print("Length of longest increasing subsequence is", longest_increasing_subsequence(nums))
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