Hi Monks!!

I am trying to write a script that matches a pattern and then removes only 6 of the following or preceding characters. I thought that I had the syntax correct (based on some printouts that I found online) but I am assuming I don't. When I try to run it i get the error message: "Search pattern not terminated".

Here's part of my code: 


while ($seq = $seqIn_obj->next_seq){
    
    push(@seq_id,$seq->id);
    $temp_seq = $seq->seq;
        
        while(($id, $tag_seq) = each(%tag_hash)){
             ?($temp_seq =~ s/^$tag_seq/*/i){/w,6};
        }

        $new_seq = Bio::Seq->new(-seq => $temp_seq, -display_id => $se
+q->id, -desc => $seq->desc(), -alphabet => $seq->alphabet);

    $fastQ->write_seq($new_seq);

    push(@sequence,$temp_seq);
}

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this is the line that is causing the error: 
?($temp_seq =~ s/^$tag_seq/*/i){/w,6};

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Also, if it's not too much to ask, is there a way to invert the pattern then apply it? Let me know if you need anything else from me! Thank you very much!!

In reply to Regex - remove characters (pattern not terminated) by twaddlac

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