use Bio::LocatableSeq (); use Bio::SimpleAlign (); my $aln = Bio::SimpleAlign->new(); foreach (qw/ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAGGAAACCA /) { $aln->add_seq( Bio::LocatableSeq->new( '-seq' => $_, '-start' => 1, '-end' => length($_), ) ); } print("IDENTITY : ", $aln->percentage_identity, "\n"); print("CONSENSUS: ", $aln->consensus_string(28), "\n");