# Above average results from the hledger --average flag

**URL:** https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/above-average-results-from-the-hledger-average-flag/890
**Category:** News
**Created:** [September 25, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/above-average-results-from-the-hledger-average-flag/890 "2026-09-25T14:40:03Z")
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### Author: ![hledgerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8491ac/32.png) [@hledgerfan](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/hledgerfan)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/above-average-results-from-the-hledger-average-flag/890/1 "2026-09-25T14:40:03Z")

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In this week's hledger fan blog post, I discover how easy it is to use the --average flag to calculate average weekly food expenses. Or at least after I discover a misconception that was keeping it from working. Read about it at [Above average results from the –average flag – A User's view of Hledger](https://hledgerfan.com/above-average-results-from-the-average-flag/).

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### Author: ![simonmic](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.plaintextaccounting.org/simonmic/32/1_2.png) [@simonmic](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/simonmic)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/above-average-results-from-the-hledger-average-flag/890/2 "2026-09-25T16:20:49Z")

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Nice one! You reminded me to implement -A/--average for aregister, it's done in main now.