my %class =(AGGAG => { name => 'sd' }, TT => { name => 'terminator' }); # I shortened the terminator for testing $class{$_}{length} = length $_ for keys %class; # ... $highlight{$name}{ pos($dna{$name}) - $class{$1}{length} } = $class{$1}; # ... my $class = $highlight{$key}{$pos}; wrap(\@lines, $pos + $class->{length}, ''); wrap(\@lines, $pos, ""); #### ($q=q:Sq=~/;[c](.)(.)/;chr(-||-|5+lengthSq)`"S|oS2"`map{chr |+ord }map{substrSq`S_+|`|}3E|-|`7**2-3:)=~y+S|`+$1,++print+eval$q,q,a,