commit - 477604c918eaff5487cf8b2e4d9312d587e4742f
commit + 5be2eec1d0eeed73a2c4bb881abb1bc58eaa16da
blob - 2a3e3d1429770fb688fa3bc26cbf5353f5561b0e
blob + da163c21f3dd012a454478bcf736b7f3739b0513
--- painlist
+++ painlist
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 # use 1,3,5,7,9 for a 5-level scale. it is recommended to document a clear
 # meaning for each level to make rating easy and unambiguous.
 #
-# an item's pain value is the geometric mean of its ratings.
+# the value of a pain tag (">...<") is the geometric mean of the ratings.
+# an item can have multiple pain tags which are summed.
 #
 # the output sorts items by pain value. a solid line visualizes a configurable
 # threshold (default -t 6). a dotted line shows the weighted median (half of
@@ -222,13 +223,15 @@ awk '   
     }
 
     function score(s) {
-        if(match(s, />[1-9](x[1-9])*</)) {
+        sum = 0
+        while(match(s, />[1-9](x[1-9])*</)) {
             rating = substr(s, RSTART+1, RLENGTH-2)
-            split(rating, xs, /x/)
+            s = substr(s, RSTART+RLENGTH)
 
-            return product(xs) ^ (1 / length(xs))
+            split(rating, xs, /x/)
+            sum += product(xs) ^ (1 / length(xs))
         }
-        return 0
+        return sum
     }
 
     function printit() {