#!/usr/bin/env python3 with open("data/input.txt","r") as f: myInput=f.read().splitlines() counter=0 previous=int(myInput[0]) for item in myInput[1:]: if int(item) > int(previous): print(previous, item, 'Increased') counter=counter+1 if int(item) < int(previous): print(previous, item,'decreased') previous=item print('Number of increases: ', counter)