You're on the right track, but you're keeping only one total, whereas there are more than one columns. Suddenly I have this nagging feeling that an array to keep the sums would be useful.

A very small hint:

while (my $line = <>) {
    my @column = split(' ', $line); 
#    $sum[$_] += $column[$i] for 0..$#column;
# line corrected by mjscott7202 into:

    $sum[$_] += $column[$_] for 0..$#column;

}

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That's two hints, actually. Or three, depending on how you look at it. Anyway, on a side note: you'll also want to use strict; and use warnings;. This will help you catch a lot of errors, typoes, and other mistakes.

In reply to Re: sum of integers in a column by muba
in thread sum of integers in a column by $new_guy

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