!#/usr/bin/perl -w open (IN, "C:/work/job2/Ab2SigmaGene.txt"); while (){ #start while loop chomp; @t=split(/\t/,$_); $t[4]= $AB{[4]}; } #end while loop close IN; open (OUT, ">C:/work/job2/XP725a.txt"); open (IN, "c:/work/job2/XP725_Ab_array.txt"); while (){ #start chomp; @var1=split(/\t/,$_); if ($var1[2] and exists $Ab{$var1[2]}){ print OUT "$var1[0]\t$var1[1]\t$var1[2]\t$AB[4]\n";} } #end close IN; close OUT;