use strict; use warnings; my @arr; chomp $_ and push @arr,$_ for ; my %adj; for (0..$#arr){ last if $_ == $#arr; my ($cur_num,$cur_code)= ($2,$1) if $arr[$_] =~/(\d*[A-Z])_(\d+)$/; my ($next_num,$next_code)= ($2,$1) if $arr[$_ + 1] =~/(\d*[A-Z])_(\d+)$/; if (($cur_num == $next_num - 1) and ($cur_code eq $next_code) ){ $adj{$arr[$_]} = undef; $adj{$arr[$_ + 1]} = undef; } } foreach (@arr){ print "$_\n" if exists $adj{ $_ }; } __DATA__ AX_1 ZZ_2 2L_33 2L_34 3L_45 3L_87 X_202 X_203 X_204