1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24with open('input.txt') as f: lines = f.readlines() sum = 0 group_count = 0 group = [] for line in lines: group_count += 1 group.append(line) if group_count == 3: group_count = 0 for char in group[0]: if char in group[1] and char in group[2]: if char.islower(): sum += (ord(char) - 96) break elif char.isupper(): sum += (ord(char) - 38) break group.clear() print(sum)