#! /usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my @d1 = qw{ CLS_S3_Contig2721-139_168 CLS_S3_Contig2722-375_390 CLS_S3_Contig2725-323_362 CLS_S3_Contig2725-455_480 CLS_S3_Contig2728-117_144 CLS_S3_Contig2728-437_472 CLS_S3_Contig2729-119_130 CLS_S3_Contig2729-163_220 CLS_S3_Contig2730-181_202 CLS_S3_Contig2730-361_384 CLS_S3_Contig2731-824_843 CLS_S3_Contig2731-1150_1201 CLS_S3_Contig2735-571_636 CLS_S3_Contig2735-677_710 CLS_S3_Contig2735-775_810 }; my @d2 = qw{ CLS_S3_Contig2721-142_169 CLS_S3_Contig6525-509_514 CLS_S3_Contig6525-493_502 CLS_S3_Contig6525-503_508 CLS_S3_Contig2977-365_376 CLS_S3_Contig2977-77_82 CLS_S3_Contig2977-83_90 CLS_S3_Contig4978-271_274 CLS_S3_Contig4978-385_388 CLS_S3_Contig2730-365_389 }; { my %d_one = (); my %d_two = (); for( @d1 ) { my ($key, $start, $end) = $_ =~ /(.*)-(\d+)_(\d+)/; push @{ $d_one{$key} }, { 'start' => $start, 'end' => $end }; } for( @d2 ) { my ($key, $start, $end) = $_ =~ /(.*)-(\d+)_(\d+)/; push @{ $d_two{$key} }, { 'start' => $start, 'end' => $end }; } use Data::Dumper; print Dumper(\%d_one, \%d_two); print "Genename(file1)\t\tstart\tend\t**\tGenename(file2)\t\tstart\tend\n\n"; foreach my $key_one ( keys %d_one ) { if( $d_two{$key_one} ) { # We found a matching key! foreach my $limits_one ( @{ $d_one{$key_one} } ) { foreach my $limits_two ( @{ $d_two{$key_one} } ) { if( $limits_two->{'start'} >= $limits_one->{'start'} && $limits_two->{'start'} <= $limits_one->{'end'} ) { print "$key_one\t$limits_one->{'start'}\t$limits_one->{'end'}" . "\t**\t" . "$key_one\t$limits_two->{'start'}\t$limits_two->{'end'}\n"; } } } } } }