Hi, Try this,

while(<DATA>){ s/\]([ATCG]*)\[/'N' x length($1)/e; print $_; } __DATA__ TG[CCC]CC[TTT] TG[CCC][TTT] TG[CCAAATTT] Respective Output is: TG[CCCNNTTT] TG[CCCTTT] TG[CCAAATTT]

Updated: monkfan, Try below code for your second question.

while(<DATA>){ s/\]([ATCG]*)\[/my $a = $1; $a =~ s![^C]+!'N' x length($1)!e; $a/e; print $_; } __DATA__ TG[CCC]CC[TTT] Respective Output is: TG[CCCCCTTT]

Regards,
Velusamy R.


eval"print uc\"\\c$_\""for split'','j)@,/6%@0%2,`e@3!-9v2)/@|6%,53!-9@2~j';


In reply to Re^2: Quantified Regex Replacement by Samy_rio
in thread Quantified Regex Replacement by monkfan

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