increment = 0 decrement = 0 same = 0 with open('input', 'r') as fp: last = int(fp.readline()) for line in fp: amt = int(line) if(amt > last): increment = increment + 1 elif(amt < last): decrement = decrement + 1 else: same = same + 1 last = amt print "Increased: ", increment print "Decreased: ", decrement print " Remained: ", same