#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; open (DATA, "dic") || die "Error opening the input file\n"; print "Reading mapping file\n"; print "----------------------------\n"; open (INFILE, "trial.txt") || die "Error opening the input file\n"; print "Reading input file\n"; print "----------------------------\n"; my %dict; while (my $line = ) { my $old_string = $line; while ( ) { my ( $key, $val ) = /^(\d+)\s+(\w+)/; $dict{ $val } = $key; } my $cc = join '', keys %dict; my ( $min ) = my ( $max ) = map length, keys %dict; for ( map length, keys %dict ) { $min = $_ if $min > $_; $max = $_ if $max < $_; } my $pattern = qr/\b([$cc]{$min,$max})\b/; ( my $new_string = $old_string ) =~ s/$pattern/ exists $dict{ $1 } ? $dict{ $1 } : $1 /eg; print "$new_string\n"; } close (INFILE); close (DATA);