Add 2022 day 1 challenge

Author: davidjayb

2022/1/day1.py

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+from os import path
+
+__location__ = path.dirname(__file__)
+
+with open(path.join(__location__, "input"), mode="r", encoding="utf-8") as input:
+    cur_calorie_count = 0
+    elfs = []
+    for line in input:
+        if line != "\n":
+            cur_calorie_count += int(line)
+        else:
+            elfs.append(cur_calorie_count)
+
+            cur_calorie_count = 0
+
+    elfs.sort(reverse=True)
+
+    print("Most calories carried: " + str(elfs[0]))
+
+    top_three_sum = elfs[0] + elfs[1] + elfs[2]
+    print("Sum of top three carrieres: " + str(top_three_sum))
+