use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dump; my $header; my %sequence; while ( my $line = ){ chomp $line; if ( $line =~ /^>(.*)/ ) { $header = $1; } else { $sequence{$header} .= $line; } } dd \%sequence; __DATA__ >sequence_5849 CCTGCGGAAGATCGGCACTAGAATAGCCAGAACCGTTTCTCTGAGGCTTCCGGCCTTCCC TCCCACTAATAATTCTGAGG >sequence_5959 CCATCGGTAGCGCATCCTTAGTCCAATTAAGTCCCTATCCAGGCGCTCCGCCGAAGGTCT ATATCCATTTGTCAGCAGACACGC >sequence_0808 CCACCCTCGTGGTATGGCTAGGCATTCAGGAACCGGAGAACGCTTCAGACCAGCCCGGAC TGGGAACCTGCGGGCAGTAGGTGGAAT #### { sequence_0808 => "CCACCCTCGTGGTATGGCTAGGCATTCAGGAACCGGAGAACGCTTCAGACCAGCCCGGACTGGGAACCTGCGGGCAGTAGGTGGAAT", sequence_5849 => "CCTGCGGAAGATCGGCACTAGAATAGCCAGAACCGTTTCTCTGAGGCTTCCGGCCTTCCCTCCCACTAATAATTCTGAGG", sequence_5959 => "CCATCGGTAGCGCATCCTTAGTCCAATTAAGTCCCTATCCAGGCGCTCCGCCGAAGGTCTATATCCATTTGTCAGCAGACACGC", } #### if ( $line =~ /^(HEAD_PATTERN)/ ) { $data = \ $deeply{nested}{structure}{$1}; # reference data } else { $$data .= $line; # derefrence data }