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Read the problem here on Advent of Code

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elves = []  # List of calories each elf is carrying\n\n# Open file in read mode\nwith open(\"day1/input.txt\", \"r\") as f:\n    # Counter variable to keep track of current elf calories\n    current_elf_calories = 0\n    # Using a while loop, read each line\n    while True:\n        # Read line\n        line = f.readline()\n\n        # If line is blank push current elf's calories to the list\n        # and continue reading the next one and reset the counter\n        if line == \"\\n\":\n            elves.append(current_elf_calories)\n            current_elf_calories = 0\n        # If end of file, break out of the loop\n        elif not line:\n            elves.append(current_elf_calories)\n            break\n        # Else add the current line value to the current elf's calorie count\n        else:\n            current_elf_calories += int(line)\n\n# Now that we have our parsed data, we can go about solving both the problems\n\n################################## PART 1 ##################################\nhighest_calorie_elf = 0  # index of the elf having the most calories\n# Finding the max number of calories\nfor i in range(len(elves)):\n    # If elf at i has more calories than the previously stored index,\n    # then update the stored index\n    if elves[i] > elves[highest_calorie_elf]:\n        highest_calorie_elf = i\n# Print the values for the elf carrying most calories\nprint(\n    \"Elf number\",\n    highest_calorie_elf + 1,\n    \"is carrying the most calories, having\",\n    elves[highest_calorie_elf],\n    \"calories in total!\",\n)\n\n################################## PART 2 ##################################\n# We just sort the list for the top three elves\n# (doing manually because list.sort() is too easy)\n# Linear sort\nfor i in range(len(elves)):\n    for j in range(i, len(elves)):\n        if elves[i] < elves[j]:\n            # The cool python way of swapping values without a temp variable\n            elves[i], elves[j] = elves[j], elves[i]\n\n# add and print top x elves\nsum_calories = 0\ncount = 3 # change this to calculate however many we want to add\nfor i in range(count):\n    sum_calories += elves[i]\n\nprint(\"The sum of calories carried by the top three elves is\", sum_calories)\n
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