f = open("./data.txt", "r") elfTotal = 0 mostestElf = 0 nextMostestElf = 0 leastMostestElf = 0 for x in f: try: elfTotal += int(x) except: if elfTotal > mostestElf: leastMostestElf = nextMostestElf nextMostestElf = mostestElf mostestElf = elfTotal elif elfTotal > nextMostestElf: leastMostestElf = nextMostestElf nextMostestElf = elfTotal elif elfTotal > leastMostestElf: leastMostestElf = elfTotal elfTotal = 0 print(mostestElf + nextMostestElf + leastMostestElf)