#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $a1="CCCATCTGTCCTTATTTGCTG"; my $a2="ACCCATCTGTCCTTGGCCAT"; my $a3="CCACCAGCACCTGTC"; my $a4="CCCAACACCTGCTGCCT"; $a1=~s/(ATCTG|ATTTG)/\[$1\]/g; $a2=~s/(CCATC)/\[$1\]/g; $a3=~s/(CCACC|CCAGC|GCACC)/\[$1\]/g; $a4=~s/(CCAAC|ACACC)/\[$1\]/g; print "$a1\n$a2\n$a3\n$a4\n";