// In around 20 minutes import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.FileReader; import java.io.IOException; public class day01 { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { int hasIncreasedCounter = 0; int lineCounter = 1; int firstnum = 0; int nextnum = 0; String line; // convert to int or something BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("day01-input.txt")); line = in.readLine(); while (line != null) { if (lineCounter == 1) { // first line, no firstnum, set firstnum = Integer.valueOf(line).intValue(); System.out.println("First entry " + firstnum); } else { // continue, as usual nextnum = Integer.valueOf(line).intValue(); System.out.println("Comparing " + firstnum + " and " + nextnum); if (nextnum > firstnum) { System.out.println("Yes!"); hasIncreasedCounter++; } else { System.out.println("Not bigger"); } firstnum = nextnum; // swap to continue } lineCounter++; // continue line = in.readLine(); } in.close(); // bye System.out.println("Final is " + hasIncreasedCounter); } }