AOCD1P2.py

file1 = open('input.txt', 'r')
Lines = file1.readlines()

with open('input.txt') as f:
    lines = [line.rstrip() for line in f]
  
count = 0
elf = 1
out = {} 
for i in lines:
    if i:
        count += int(i) 
    if not i:
        out[elf] = count 
        elf += 1
        count = 0


max_key = None
max_val = None
second = 0
third = 0

for key, val in out.items():
    if max_val is None: 
        max_val = val
        print("max val set to {}".format(max_val))
    if val > max_val:
        max_val = val
    elif val > second:
        second = val
    elif val > third:
        third = val

print(f"max value is {max_val}")
print(f"second value is {second}")
print(f"third value is {third}")
print("total {}".format(max_val + second + third))