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the program i have written is open(FH,"input.txt") or die "cant open"; @array=<FH>; foreach(@array){ if($_!=~m/^>/) { $_=~s/\n//g; print "$_\n"; } } the desired result is #PLOT1 a b c d f g i a c g s h b h f d #PLOT2 b g d i s e w d u b a o n i o p w q c u s t r r y #PLOT3 e r t d v g v g b

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Re^3: while or for?
by runrig (Abbot) on Dec 30, 2008 at 05:45 UTC
    if($_!=~m/^>/)
    I don't see any ">" characters in your input. What do you expect the line above to do (also, the "not matches" operator is "!~", not "!=~")?
      sorry...its a # and not >