BEGIN { if (!sentinel) sentinel = 99999 print("Enter the rainfall values (" sentinel " to quit):") } $0 == sentinel { exit } /^-?[0-9]+$/ { total += $1 count++ next } { print("Ignoring \"" $0 "\", please enter only integers.") } END { if (count > 0) { print("The average rainfall is", total / count) } }