#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; my %tags; # hash to store tags/freqs while(){ chomp; my($tag, $freq) = split; # split the line on whitespace $tags{$tag} = $freq; # save the tag and freq in the hash } # sort the hash numerically on its values, descending for my $tag ( sort { $tags{$b} <=> $tags{$a} } keys %tags ){ my $freq = $tags{$tag}; # put the freq for $tag in $freq my $header = make_header($tag, $freq); # make the header print ">$header\t$tag\t$freq\n"; # print it out } sub make_header { my $tag = shift; # get parameters my $freq = shift; my $r = int(rand(500000)); # pick a random number return "HWTI_${freq}_$r$tag"; # build the header } #input data __DATA__ CCCDEDFFFES 45 EEBBBBGGGBB 1700 BBBCDDERFGG 850