my @split_hit_total = split(/\s+/, $_);

##</code><code>##

  if(!defined($HoA_total_hits{$protein_ac}) || $HoA_total_hits{$protein_ac}->{'iEvalue'} > $iEvalue) {
    $HoA_total_hits{$protein_ac}->{'iEvalue'} = $iEvalue;
    $HoA_total_hits{$protein_ac}->{'range_b'} = $range_b;
  }

##</code><code>##

$VAR1 = {
          'I5EU07' => {
                        'range_b' => '232-824',
                        'iEvalue' => '3.4e-137'
                      }
        };