c:\@Work\Perl\monks\pearllearner315>perl -wMstrict -le "my $seq = 'CCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGTTGGCCGGAAA'; my @k_mers = $seq =~ m{ (?= (.{21} GG)) }xmsg; print qq{'$_'} for @k_mers; " 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGG' 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGTTGG' 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAGGTTGGCCGG'