#!/usr/bin/perl -w print "Please type the filename of the Chromosome: "; $chromosomefilename = ; chomp $chromosomefilename; unless ( open(CHROMOSOMEFILE, $chromosomefilename) ) { print "Cannot open file \"$chromosomefilename\"\n\n"; exit; } @chromosome = ; close CHROMOSOMEFILE; $chromosome = join( '', @chromosome); $chromosome =~ s/\s//g; do { print "Enter the Recognition Sequence to search for: "; $recognitionsequence = ; chomp $recognitionsequence; my @words = qw ($chromosomefilename); my $count = grep /$recognitionsequence/, @words; print "\$count = $count\n"; } until ( $recognitionsequence =~ /^\s*$/ ); exit;