#!/usr/bin/env python3 with open("input.txt", "r") as _input: data = [int(l) for l in _input.readlines()] sliding_sums = [sum(v) for v in zip(data, data[1:], data[2:])] answer = [b > a for a, b in zip(sliding_sums, sliding_sums[1:])].count(True) print(f"Answer: {answer}")