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adding array elements
;; Presented with just about as much Perl as the OP . . .
(ns sumcols
(:use [clojure.contrib.str-utils :only (re-split)])
(:use [clojure.contrib.duck-streams :only (read-lines)]))
(defn sumline [acc line]
(loop [a acc l (map #(Float. %) (re-split #"\s+" line)) idx 0]
(if (empty? l) a
(recur (assoc a idx (+ (get a idx 0) (first l))) (rest l) (inc i
+dx)))))
(defn sumcols [filename]
(loop [acc {} lines (filter #(> (count %) 0) (read-lines filename))]
(if (empty? lines) (vals acc)
(recur (sumline acc (first lines)) (rest lines)))))
(println (sumcols (first *command-line-args*)))
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