#!/usr/bin/perl use Modern::Perl; open FILE1, "<", "/Users/ts/file1; open FILE2, "<", "/Users/ts/file2"; open FILE3, "<", "/Users/ts/file3"; for $file1 { chomp; @file1 = ($index, $value) = spilt /\s/; } for $file2 { chomp; @file2 = ($index, $value) = spilt /\s/; } for $file3 { chomp; @file3 = ($index, $value) = spilt /\s/; } open (OUTFILE, ">", "/Users/ts/average.txt") or die(Output file error"); print avg(@file1, @file2, @file3);