#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my(@codons)= qw(ATG GTG); my $dna = "AAAATGGGGTAAGTGAACGGGTAA"; my $splitter= join('|', @codons); my @sequences= split /($splitter)/,$dna; shift @sequences; my $codon= 1; foreach (@sequences) { if ($codon) { print $_,"-"; } else { print $_,"\n" } $codon= not $codon; } #### ATG-GGGTAA GTG-AACGGGTAA