Thank you, it has worked!! I only have two more questions.

Question 1:
First, if I'm printing a string and the value of a calculation of 2 variables, as in: 

print "The average is $total/$count";

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...how can I do it so that the value of the calculation shows up?? Right now I'm getting something like: 
The average is 60/9

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Do I have to use PRINTF??? In fact, while we're on this subject, how can I format the value so that it only has two decimal places?

Question 2:
What are these NEXT, UNLESS and LAST statements? In my whooping 1 week of PERL, I haven't yet come across these statements. I'd like to learn. Can you suggest a good place for looking up PERL syntax/statements?

Thanks a bunch

In reply to Re^2: reading from middle of file by guisilva
in thread reading from middle of file by guisilva

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