with open("input") as f: puzzle_input = [n.strip() for n in f.readlines()] paper = 0 for present_dim in puzzle_input: parsed_dim = [int(x) for x in present_dim.split("x")] parsed_dim.sort() print(parsed_dim) [l, w, h] = parsed_dim paper += 3 * l * w + 2 * w * h + 2 * h * l print(paper)