#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my %alldata = (); while () { chomp; my ($key, $value) = split/\t+/; ## Splits string on one or more tabs if ( grep { $key eq $_ } qw(ID TITLE GENE CYTOBAND LOCUSLINK CHROMOSOME SCOUNT) ) { ## Procedure for simple hashes $alldata{$key} = $value; } elsif ($key eq 'EXPRESS') { ## Procedure for simple arrays s/^;+//; ## Gets rid of any leading semicolons $alldata{$key} = [split /;/, $value] } elsif ( grep { $key eq $_ } qw(SEQUENCE PROTSIM) ) { ## Procedure for array of hashes my %temphash = (); my @splitvalue = split /;/, $value; foreach my $split2 (@splitvalue) { my ($label, $content) = split/=/, $split2; $temphash{$label} = $content; } $alldata{$key} = push [ %temphash ]; } } __DATA__ ID Hs.22 TITLE transglutaminase 1 (K polypeptide epidermal type I, protein-glutamine-gamma-glutamyltransferase) GENE TGM1 CYTOBAND 14q11.2 LOCUSLINK 7051 EXPRESS erwewe;Esophagus;Germ Cell;Larynx;Pancreas;Uterus;colon;head_neck;uterus CHROMOSOME 14 PROTSIM ORG=Homo sapiens; PROTGI=1070465; PROTID=PIR:TGHUM1; PCT=100; ALN=816 PROTSIM ORG=Mus musculus; PROTGI=730933; PROTID=SP:Q08189; PCT=39; ALN=662 PROTSIM ORG=Rattus norvegicus; PROTGI=135697; PROTID=SP:P23606; PCT=91; ALN=815 SCOUNT 24 SEQUENCE ACC=M62925; NID=g339603; PID=g339604 SEQUENCE ACC=M98447; NID=g186734; PID=g1256959 SEQUENCE ACC=D90287; NID=g219631; PID=g219632 SEQUENCE ACC=M55183; NID=g186789; PID=g186790 SEQUENCE ACC=X57974; NID=g510524; PID=g510525 SEQUENCE ACC=BF155997; NID=g11051180; LID=4808 SEQUENCE ACC=AW083702; NID=g6038854; CLONE=IMAGE:2587766; END=3'; LID=728 SEQUENCE ACC=AI652954; NID=g4736933; CLONE=IMAGE:2306445; END=3'; LID=698 SEQUENCE ACC=BF155987; NID=g11051170; LID=4808 SEQUENCE ACC=AI239574; NID=g3834971; CLONE=IMAGE:1846343; END=3'; LID=600 SEQUENCE ACC=AW265414; NID=g6642230; CLONE=IMAGE:2754263; END=3'; LID=1370 SEQUENCE ACC=BE182598; LID=3549 SEQUENCE ACC=AI269864; NID=g3889031; CLONE=IMAGE:2005287; END=3'; LID=705 SEQUENCE ACC=AW085789; NID=g6040941; CLONE=IMAGE:2588217; END=3'; LID=728 SEQUENCE ACC=BF156003; NID=g11051186; LID=4808 SEQUENCE ACC=AW194040; NID=g6472771; CLONE=IMAGE:2683894; END=3'; LID=760 SEQUENCE ACC=AL039214; NID=g5408290; CLONE=DKFZp727C171; END=5'; LID=860 SEQUENCE ACC=BE934356; NID=g10460432; LID=4595 SEQUENCE ACC=AW796622; NID=g7848492; LID=2510 SEQUENCE ACC=BE293065; NID=g9175931; CLONE=IMAGE:3349385; END=5'; LID=3594 SEQUENCE ACC=AA583940; NID=g2368549; CLONE=IMAGE:1088673; END=3'; LID=567 SEQUENCE ACC=NM_000359; NID=g4507474; PID=g4507475 SEQUENCE ACC=BF155992; NID=g11051175; LID=4808 SEQUENCE ACC=BF089798; NID=g10895508; LID=4808