#!/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) # Print the largest number in the list. print(max(elves))