#!/usr/bin/python3 total = 0 elves = [] # Add each line of the input, when we hit a blank line put the current total in a list. with open('input.txt', 'r') as inputFile: for line in inputFile: if line == '\n': elves.append(total) total = 0 else: total += int(line) # Find the total of the largest three items in the list. topThree = 0 for i in range(3): topThree += max(elves) elves.remove(max(elves)) # Print the answer. print(topThree)