#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use integer; my %iupac_dgn; my @iupac_code = ('M','R','W','S','Y','K','V','H','D','B','N'); my @iupac_den = ('2','2','2','2','2','2','3','3','3','3','4'); @iupac_dgn{@iupac_code}=@iupac_den; my $string = 'GGNMDNNSNNNNDBNVWVSMNNHYNBNG'; my @residues = split(//, $string); my $degeneracy = 1; foreach my $residues(@residues){ $degeneracy *= $iupac_dgn{$residues} || 1; } printf "%28s, %30s\n", $string, $degeneracy;