a = [47, 18] b = [49, 19] c = [48, 18] d = [44, 19] e = [42, 17] l1 = [a, d] l2 = [c, d, b] l3 = [e, a, c] lines = [l1, l2, l3] for line in lines: sumX = 0 sumY = 0 for point in line: print point sumX = sumX + point[0] sumY = sumY + point[1] print len(line) cX = float(sumX) / len(line) cY = float(sumY) / len(line) print cX, cY