BEGIN { for (i=1; i<=13; i++) x[i] = 0 total = 0 } { for (i=1; i<=13; i++) if ($i == "*") x[i]++ } END { for (i=1; i<=13; i++) { total = total + x[i] printf "x[%d] = %d\n",i,x[i] } printf "Total is %d\n",total }