package main import ( "bufio" "fmt" "os" "strconv" ) func main() { fmt.Println(countGreater(returnContent("../input"))) } func countGreater(input *[]int) (count int) { //Find how many elements have increased from previous for i := 1; i < len(*input); i++ { if (*input)[i] > (*input)[i-1] { count++ } } return } func returnContent(path string) *[]int { //read file and return it as an array of integers file, err := os.Open(path) var content []int if err != nil { fmt.Println("Unlucky, the file didn't open") return &content } defer file.Close() scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file) for scanner.Scan() { value, _ := strconv.Atoi(scanner.Text()) content = append(content, value) } return &content }