testinputfields.lua
local input = require 'pl.input' local sum = 0.0 local count = 0 local text = [[ 981124001 2.0 18988.4 10047.1 4149.7 981125001 0.8 19104.0 9970.4 5088.7 981127003 0.5 19012.5 9946.9 3831.2 ]] for id,magn,x in input.fields(3,' ',text) do sum = sum + x count = count + 1 end print('average x coord is ',sum/count)