open (PIR,'/home/sampir.txt'); while () { if (/^ENTRY/) {$entry = $_;} elsif(/^TITLE/) {$title = (s/ /\n\t\t /g,$_);} elsif(/^ORGANISM/){$org = (s/ /\n\t\t /g,$_);} elsif(/^ACCESSIONS/){$acc = $_;} else { @arr = $_; } if (defined $array2[0]) { @array = split('',$arr[0]); } } print @array; #### ENTRY CCHU #type complete TITLE cytochrome c [validated] - human ORGANISM #formal_name Homo sapiens #common_name man ACCESSIONS A31764; A05676; I55192; A00001 MGDVEKGKKIFIMKCSQCHTVEMGDVEKGGKHKTGPNLHGLFGRKTGQAPGYSYTAANKNKGIIWGEDTLMEYLENPKKYIP ENTRY CCCZ #type complete TITLE cytochrome c - chimpanzee (tentative sequence) ORGANISM #formal_name Pan troglodytes #common_name chimpanzee ACCESSIONS A00002 GDVEKGKKIFIMKCSQCHTVEKGSSSKHKSSSTGPNLHGLFGRKTGQAPGYSYTAANKNKGIIWGED ENTRY CCMQR #type complete TITLE cytochrome c - rhesus macaque (tentative sequence) ORGANISM #formal_name Macaca mulatta #common_name rhesus macaque ACCESSIONS A00003 GDVEKGKKIFIMKCSQCHTVEKGGSSSSKHKTGPNLHGLFGAAAAAAAARKTGQAPGYSYTAANKSSSSNKGITWGEDTLMEYLENPKKYIPGTKMIFVGIKKKEE ENTRY CCMKP #type complete TITLE cytochrome c - spider monkey ORGANISM #formal_name Ateles sp. #common_name spider monkey ACCESSIONS A00004 GDVFKGKRIFIMKCSQCHTVESSSSKGGKHKTGPNLHGLFGSSSSSSSSSSR #### my @unique = (); my %seen = (); foreach my $elem ( @array ) { next if $seen{ $elem }++; push @unique, $elem; }