@d = “CCATGNNNTAACCNNATGNNTAGCC”; #### my $string ="@d"; #### #!/usr/bin/perl -w my $string = "CCATGNNNTAACCNNATGNNTAGCC"; while($string =~ /[AG]TG.*?[AG][AG]/g) { print "matched at ", pos($string) - length($&), ": ", $&, "\n"; }