in reply to Retrieve average

$ perl -wE 'my $str = "Charles 25 24 26"; my ($name, @vals) = split /\ +s+/, $str; $sum += $_ for @vals; say $sum / @vals;' 25
Or possibly better:
$ perl -wE 'my $str = "Charles 25 24 26"; my ($name, @vals) = split / +\s+/, $str; my $sum = 0; $sum += $_ for @vals; say $sum / @vals;' 25