use strict; use warnings; open (my $fhConditions, "<1.txt"); my $l = 25; open(my $read, "<2.txt"); my @e = <$read>; my $d = join('', @e ); $d =~ s/\s+//g; while (my $line = <$fhConditions>) { chomp $line; my @info = split("\t" , $line); if ($info[2] eq "+") { my $match = substr($d,$info[4],$l); print "y" if $match =~m/AAGCTT/; print "n" if $match !~m/AAGCTT/; } if ($info[2] eq "-") { my $a= $info[4]-$l; my $match = substr($d,$a,$l); print "y" if $match =~m/AAGCTT/; print "n" if $match !~m/AAGCTT/; } }