count = 0 file = 'data.dat' with open(file) as f: l = f.readlines() for line in l: zero = line.count('0') one = line.count('1') '''the condition where the number of '0' is divisible by 3 OR the number of '1' is divisible by 2''' if (zero%3 == 0) or (one%2 == 0): count = count + 1 print("Number of lines: " + str(count)) f.close()