loc1 = [] loc2 = [] with open('1.in', 'r') as file: for line in file: parts = line.strip().split(" ") if len(parts) == 2: val1 = int(parts[0]) val2 = int(parts[1]) loc1.append(val1) loc2.append(val2) print(sorted(loc1)) print(sorted(loc2)) sorted_loc1 = sorted(loc1) sorted_loc2 = sorted(loc2) final_distance = 0 for i in range(len(loc1)): distance = sorted_loc2[i] - sorted_loc1[i] abs_distance = abs(distance) final_distance += abs_distance print(final_distance)