use strict; use warnings; my %lista2= ( 1 => "CAT00.3", 2 => "CAT43.1", 3 => "CAT40.3" ); while () { s/^>(\d+)/$lista2{$1} || die "unknown number $1"/e; print } __DATA__ >1 AACTCTGGGACAATGGCACACGGGAAACAGATAATGAACGATCAGCACAGGGAACTAGCG >2 AACTCTGGGACAATGGCACACGGGAAACAGATAATGAACGATCAGCACAGGGAACTAGCG >3 AACTCTGGGACAATGGCACACGGGAAACAGATAATGAACGATCAGCACAGGGAACTAGCG >4 #### unknown number 4 at d:/Users/lanx/pm/hash_regex.pl line 14, line 7. CAT00.3 AACTCTGGGACAATGGCACACGGGAAACAGATAATGAACGATCAGCACAGGGAACTAGCG CAT43.1 AACTCTGGGACAATGGCACACGGGAAACAGATAATGAACGATCAGCACAGGGAACTAGCG CAT40.3 AACTCTGGGACAATGGCACACGGGAAACAGATAATGAACGATCAGCACAGGGAACTAGCG Compilation exited abnormally with code 255 at Sat Apr 28 00:16:17