in reply to Re^4: Comparing array of aligned sequences
in thread Comparing array of aligned sequences

The glob function is your friend :-)

$ perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -E ' my $rule = q{{c,g}} x 2; $rule .= q{{a,t,g,c}}; $rule .= q{{a,g}} x 3; $rule .= q{{a,t,g,c}}; $rule .= q{t}; $rule .= q{{a,t}} x 2; say $rule; say for glob $rule;' {c,g}{c,g}{a,t,g,c}{a,g}{a,g}{a,g}{a,t,g,c}t{a,t}{a,t} ccaaaaataa ccaaaaatat ccaaaaatta ccaaaaattt ccaaaattaa ccaaaattat ccaaaattta ccaaaatttt ccaaaagtaa ccaaaagtat ccaaaagtta ccaaaagttt ccaaaactaa ccaaaactat ... ggcgggatat ggcgggatta ggcgggattt ggcgggttaa ggcgggttat ggcgggttta ggcgggtttt ggcggggtaa ggcggggtat ggcggggtta ggcggggttt ggcgggctaa ggcgggctat ggcgggctta ggcgggcttt $

Hopefully I've understood your rules correctly and this is helpful.

Cheers,

JohnGG

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Re^6: Comparing array of aligned sequences
by perlfan (Parson) on Jul 15, 2014 at 15:43 UTC
    Wow. I learn something every day here. Thank you.