INPUT

DATE     13-JUN-2000
COMMERCIAL SUPPLIERS
SEQUENCE             
                     /exon="49-333"
                     /intron="1-48;334-385"
                     
//
DATE     14-JUN-2000
COMMERCIAL SUPPLIERS
SEQUENCE            
                     /exon="1-120"
                     /intron=" "
//

OUTPUT   EXPECTED                 

DATE 	"13-JUN 2002"
Exon	{Translation%49-333}
Intron	{Translation%1-48}
Intron	(Translation%334-385}

DATE    "14-JUN 2002"
Exon	{Translation -}
Intron	{Translation%1-120}

REAL OUTPUT
"ATE    "13-JUN-2000
}xon     {Translation%49-333
Intron   {Translation%1-48}
}ntron   {Translation%334-385
"ATE    "13-JUN-2000
}xon     {Translation%1-120
}ntron   {Translation%  

##</code><code>##

#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
# A program that accept an input file: Scorpion database from Gen Bank
# and will output the database in BioWare format

my $file1="$ARGV[0]"        #var to save the input database
my $result=">".$ARGV[1];
my $counter=1;

open(INFO1,$file1) or die "Can't open $file1.\n";#open file1
open(OUT,$result) or die "Can't open $result.\n";

#foreach line in the files
foreach(<INFO1>)
{
if(/^DATE\s*(.*)-(.*)-(.*)/){
   print 'DATE'."\t".'"'."$1-$2-$3".'"'."\n";
   }                                             
elsif(/\s*\/intron=(.+)\n/) {
   my $item;
   my $local=$1;
   $local =~ s/\"//g;
   foreach $item (split('\;',$local)) {
          print "Intron\t \{Translation%$item\}\n";
        } #end foreach
    } #end elsif
                                       
elsif(/\s*\/exon=(.+)\n/) {
   my $item;
   my $local=$1;
   $local =~ s/\"//g;
   foreach $item (split('\;',$local)) {
   print "Exon\t", " \{Translation\%","$item\}","\n";
        }#end foreach
    }#end elsif          
}

##</code><code>##

 print "DATE\t \"$1-$2-$3\"\n";