from os import remove totals=[] a=0 f = open('input1.txt', 'r') inp = f.readlines() for i in range(len(inp)): inp[i] = inp[i].strip() if inp[i] == '': totals.append(a) a=0 else: a = a + int(inp[i]) print('answer part 1:', max(totals)) top3=0 for x in range(3): top3 = top3 + max(totals) totals.remove(max(totals)) print('answer part 2:', top3)