AOC Day1

test.py

f = open("AOCDay1.txt", "r")
with open('AOCDay1.txt') as f:
    elf_calories = [line.rstrip('\n') for line in f]

elves = []
i = 0
# we have to create the array element before we can add to it
elves.insert(i, '')

for elf in elf_calories:
    if elf != "":

        # BUG - it's appending them as strings. i bet you need to do some casting or something different than +=
        elves[i] += elf
    else: 
        print("next")
        i += 1
        # create next "elf"
        elves.insert(i, '')

print(elves)