f = open('INPUT.TXT') number = f.read().strip() f.close() n = len(number) max_sum = -999999 for skip in range(n): s = 0 pos = 0 for i in range(n): if i != skip: if pos % 2 == 0: s = s + int(number[i]) else: s = s - int(number[i]) pos = pos + 1 if s > max_sum: max_sum = s f = open('OUTPUT.TXT', 'w') f.write(str(max_sum)) f.close()