Python-сообщество

 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
def main():
    num = []
    result = 0
    
    while True:
        tmp = [int(input(">> "))]
        
        if not tmp[0]:
            break
        
        if not len(num):
            num += tmp
        else:
            if num[-1] < tmp[0]:
                result += 1
            num += tmp
    
    print(f'итог {result} элементов больше предстоящих')
            
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

    
l = [1, 2, 4, 1, 2, 34, 0, 0, 3, 1]
result = 0
for i in range(len(l)-1, 0, -1):
    if l[i] > l[i-1]:
        result += 1
print(result)

  
>>> def f(lst):
...     assert lst, 'Should be non-empty'
...     assert lst[-1] == 0, 'Should end by zero'
...     out = 0
...     i = 0
...     while True:
...         if lst[i] == 0:
...             break
...         assert lst[i] > 0, 'Should be natural: ' + str(lst[i])
...         if i == 0:
...             pass
...         else:
...             out += lst[i] > lst[i - 1]
...         i += 1
...     return out
... 
>>> f([1, 2, 4, 1, 2, 34, 1, 1, 3, 1, 0])
5
>>> f([0])
0
>>> f([1, 0])
0
>>> f([1, 1, 0])
0
>>> f([2, 1, 0])
0
>>> f([1, 2, 0])
1
>>> 
>>> f([])
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<stdin>", line 2, in f
AssertionError: Should be non-empty
>>> 
>>> f([1])
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<stdin>", line 3, in f
AssertionError: Should end by zero
>>> 
>>> f([-1, 0])
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<stdin>", line 9, in f
AssertionError: Should be natural: -1
>>>

  
>>> def f(seq):
...     it = iter(seq)
...     out = 0
...     elem = next(it, None)
...     prev = elem
...     while elem is not None:
...         out += elem > prev
...         prev = elem
...         elem = next(it, None)
...     return out
... 
>>> 
>>> f([1, 2, 4, 1, 2, 34, 0, 0, 3, 1])
5
>>> f([])
0
>>> f([1])
0
>>> f([1, 1])
0
>>> f([2, 1])
0
>>> f([1, 2])
1
>>>