$one = "YAR033W"; $two = "YAR033W"; @source = ("ITOCORE"); @exper = ("n/a"); print " ($one)($two)(@source)(@exper) \n"; parsed_pair($one, $two, @source, @exper); ... sub parsed_pair { my ($one, $two, @source, @exper) = @_; print " ($one)($two)(@source)(@exper) \n"; .... } #### (YAR033W)(YAR033W)(ITOCORE)(n/a) (YAR033W)(YAR033W)(ITOCORE n/a)()