import os dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) input_file = open(os.path.join(dir, './input.txt'), 'r') lines = input_file.readlines() new_list = [] num_lines = len(lines) count = 0 for i in range(num_lines): int_value = int(lines[i]) if i + 2 >= num_lines: break new_list.append(int(lines[i])+int(lines[i+1])+int(lines[i+2])) if i >= 1 and new_list[i] > new_list[i-1]: count = count+1 print(count)