>NM_030643.4 Homo sapiens apolipoprotein L4 (APOL4) GAGGTGCTGGGGAGCAGCGTGTTTGCTGTGCTTGATTGTGAGCTGCTGGGAAGTTGTGACTTTCATTTTA CCTTTCGAATTCCTGGGTATATCTTGGGGGCTGGAGGACGTGTCTGGTTATTATATAGGTGCACAGCTGG >NM_001198855.1 Homo sapiens cytochrome P450 family 2 subfamily C member 8 (CYP2C8) ACATGTCAAAGAGACACACAC >NR_029834.1 Homo sapiens microRNA 200a (MIR200A), microRNA CCGGGCCCCTGTGAGCATC >AC067940.1 Homo sapiens clone RP11-818E9, LOW-PASS SEQUENCE SAMPLING AAATACAACTTTAAATCAAAACGGTAAAAATTCCACTCTTTCATACTAACTTCAAAAGTATTTGCTTTAA AAAAAAAGNNNNNNNNN #### open(GENBANK, "/Users/Desktop/Genes.fasta") or die; my $content = join("", ); close(GENBANK); sub mysub{ return shift =~ /(\w+\W+)\n/g; } my @matches = mysub($content); print "@matches\n";