file = open('input.txt','r') input = [] aset = [] for l in file: if l == '\n': input.append(aset) aset = [] else: aset.append(l.replace('\n','')) input.append(aset) sum = 0 for i in input: res = [] print(i) for c in i[0]: count = 0 for s in i: if c in s: count += 1 if count == len(i): res.append(c) print(res) print(str(len(res))) sum += len(res) print(str(sum)) print('-' * 50) print(str(sum))