use strict; my $n = 2; my $cnt; my $sum; while(<>) { chomp; $cnt++; my (undef, $v) = split(/\|/); $sum += $v; print "cnt: $cnt v: $v sum: $sum\n"; if (($cnt % $n) == 0) { print "avg: " . $sum / $n . "\n";; $sum = 0 ; } }