my @x = (10, 7, 5, 10, 50, 70, 75, 72, 79, 80); sub avg { my @arr = @_; my $avg; foreach my $i (@arr) { print "$i: $avg\n"; $avg = ($i + ($avg ? $avg : $i))/2; } return $avg; } print avg(@x),"\n"; 10: # undef 7: 10 5: 8.5 10: 6.75 50: 8.375 70: 29.1875 75: 49.59375 72: 62.296875 79: 67.1484375 80: 73.07421875 76.537109375 print avg(reverse @x),"\n"; 80: # undef 79: 80 72: 79.5 75: 75.75 70: 75.375 50: 72.6875 10: 61.34375 5: 35.671875 7: 20.3359375 10: 13.66796875 11.833984375