Re^2: =~ matches non-existent symbols

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Yes.

The file does contain non-[actg] characters: carriage returns and/or line feeds (depending on the operating system where the file was created). You need to either explicitly allow those characters or use chomp to remove them.

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Re^3: =~ matches non-existent symbols by Anonymous Monk on Nov 16, 2014 at 10:35 UTC
Hi, the only chomp there that I can see is: `chomp ( $DNA = $ARGV[0] );` [download] `$ARGV[0]` is not the file. Amusing...	[reply] [d/l]

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