John W . Krahn schreef: > Rodrick Brown: >> John W. Krahn: >>> perl -ane'$total+=$F[4]}{printf"Avg: %.2f\n",$total/$.' >>> /tmp/filename >> >> Hi John please explain how exactly $F[4] works? how is it set?
Use -MO=Deparse to show you what Perl code your command line expression was compiled to. $ perl -MO=Deparse -ane' > $total+=$F[4]}{printf"Avg: %.2f\n",$total/$. > ' LINE: while (defined($_ = <ARGV>)) { our(@F) = split(" ", $_, 0); $total += $F[4]; } { printf "Avg: %.2f\n", $total / $.; } -e syntax OK -- Affijn, Ruud "Gewoon is een tijger." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/