#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my %exampledata= ( ATTTA => 'TTTAA', ATGTA => 'ATGTA', ATGATG => 'ATGATG', ); while (my($s1, $s2)= each %exampledata) { print $s1,'+',$s2,' => ',merge_data($s1, $s2),"\n"; }