#!/usr/bin/perl # http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=1124725 use Data::Dump qw(pp); use strict; $| = 1; my %answer; for my $line ( 'AAALVDENEC', 'AATLVDEGDG' ) { $answer{$line}{$_}++ for $line =~ /(?=(AA|AL|DA|DE|DV|VD|DW|QD|SD|HD|ED|DY|VE|EN|EI|KE|NV|VP|FV|SS|WK|KK))/g; } pp \%answer;