open (FILE, 'probe_dist.tsv'); open (OFILE,'>probe_sum.tsv'); while () { my @a; my @b; ($a,$b)=split ("\t"); $a=@a; $b=@b; my $c; my $d; my $c=1; my $d=0; my $e=$b[$d]-$a[$c]; $c++; $d++; print OFILE "$e\n"; }