count = 0 grow = 0 with open('day1_data.txt') as f: list_array = f.readlines() for x in range(0,len(list_array),1): if count != 0: if int(list_array[count]) > int(list_array[count-1]): grow += 1 print("Count: "+str(count)+"\t\t "+str(int(list_array[count]))+" ~ "+str(int(list_array[count-1]))+"\t\tGrow: "+str(grow)) count += 1 print("I count "+str(count)+" lines") print("I found "+str(grow)+" depth measurement increases")