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($second_beg>=($first_beg-5)) && ($first_beg<=($second_beg+5))
This is the same condition written in two different ways. I think you want something like this:
use List::Util qw(min max); ...; my $overlap = min($first_end, $second_end) - max($first_beg, $second_b +eg) + 1; if($overlap >= 5) { ... };

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Re^2: Calculate comparison between
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 27, 2013 at 15:52 UTC
    Great thanks! Also I realised I was a bit lazy and did not look into Perlmonks older entries, so I found also many entries!
    Thank you very much!