use strict; use warnings; use List::Util qw(max min); my %gene_hash; while () { chomp; my ($chr, $start, $end, $gene, $ex) = split /\t/; push @{ $gene_hash{$chr}{$gene}{start} }, $start; push @{ $gene_hash{$chr}{$gene}{end } }, $end; push @{ $gene_hash{$chr}{$gene}{ex } }, $ex; } for my $chr (keys %gene_hash) { for my $gene (keys %{ $gene_hash{$chr} }) { my $Low = min( @ { $gene_hash{$chr}{$gene}{start} } ); my $High = max( @ { $gene_hash{$chr}{$gene}{end } } ); my $High_ex = max( @ { $gene_hash{$chr}{$gene}{ex } } ); print "$chr $Low $High $gene $High_ex\n"; } } __DATA__ chrX 2680092 2744539 XG 1 chrX 2680090 2744529 XG 2 chrX 2680080 2744519 XG 3 chrX 2680070 2744509 XG 4 chrX 2680070 2744509 DT 1 chrX 2680090 2744519 DT 2 #### chrX 2680070 2744539 XG 4 chrX 2680070 2744519 DT 2