#!/usr/bin/env python import io blast_handle = io.open("pz_blastx_yeast_top1.txt", "rU") counter = 0 eval_sum = 0.0 for line in blast_handle: line_stripped = line.strip() line_list = line_stripped.split("\t") eval_str = line_list[10] eval_sum = eval_sum + float(eval_str) counter = counter + 1 blast_handle.close() mean = eval_sum/counter print("Mean is: " + str(mean))