This code works for me. Is there something wrong with the output?

a.dat:

chr17    69112551
chr1    67058869
chr7    151046672
chr7    151047369
chr1    66953654

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b.dat:

chr1    66953622    66953654
chr1    67200451    67200472
chr1    67200475    67200478
chr1    67058869    67058880
chr1    67058881    67058885
chr1    67058887    67058895

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Results:

S:\Steve\PerlMonks>compare.pl a.dat b.dat
chr17   69112551        M
chr1    67058869        M
chr7    151046672       M
chr7    151047369       M
chr1    66953654        M

S:\Steve\PerlMonks>

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In reply to Re^3: compare two files on the basis of Two IDs by marinersk
in thread compare two files on the basis of Two IDs by genome

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