in reply to Summing Lines

Please put your data in <code> ... </code> tags so we can have some idea what they look like without having to guess the layout.

Is each line of data on a separate line or are they just streaming all along?

CountZero

A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James

In Section Seekers of Perl Wisdom