advent_2022_day1_part1.py

elves = []
current_elf = 0
with open('input.txt', encoding="utf-8") as file:
  for line in file.readlines():
    line = line.strip()
    if line == '':
      elves.append(current_elf)
      current_elf = 0
      continue
    current_elf += int(line)
  elves.append(current_elf)

print(max(elves))