with open("input.txt") as file: lines = [line.rstrip() for line in file] first_digit = None last_digit = None things = [] for line in lines: first_digit = None last_digit = None for letter in line: if letter.isdigit(): if first_digit is None: first_digit = letter last_digit = letter else: last_digit = letter things.append(int(f"{first_digit}{last_digit}")) sum = 0 for thing in things: sum += thing print(sum)