answers = [] with open("input.txt", "r") as f: answers = f.read().split("\n\n") possibleAnswers = "qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm" totalGroupYesCount = 0 for answer in answers: for possibleAnswer in possibleAnswers: totalGroupYesCount += answer.find(possibleAnswer) > -1 print(totalGroupYesCount)