perhaps if I send in the entire code and the data file.

open scores, "a:/scores.txt" || die "what did you idiots do with the s
+cores file.";
while(<scores>){
chomp;
my (@names, @score) = split /:/;
$dev=1;
for($ctr=0; $ctr<@score; $ctr++){
print "@score\n";
$a = $a + @score;   
$dev++;
print "$dev"; 
}  
$b = $a / $dev;
print "the average of the scores is $b ";
}

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zon moy:100:jack douglass:99:abe douglass:98:thomas severson:97:bobby beavers:96:carla steinke:95:bona hayes:94:mike fedie:93:norma sanders:92:jamie maddox:91:scott summers:90:alex summers:89:kitty pryde:88:doug ramsey:87:clarence thomas:86:loki moy:85

Will this info help

In reply to Re: Re: array in for loop by zonmoy
in thread array in for loop by Anonymous Monk

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