How to split an array identified by numbers to get the correct sequence of elements

supriyoch_2008 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi PerlMonks,

I am a beginner in perl programming. I need a perl program to split an array and to get the sequence of elements identified by number from left to right. For example, I have an array

@k=”CCATGNNNTAACCNNATGNNTAGCC”;

I am interested in getting the substrings between elements 3 and 11 and between 16 and 23 (first position marked as 1).

#!usr/bin/perl-w
@k=”CCATGNNNAACCNNATGNNTAGCC”;
$s3-11=code??
$s16-23=code??
Code????
Print” \nThe sequences are: \n
  $s3-11\n\n
  $s16-23.\n\n”;
exit;
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Result should be like this:

ATGNNNTAA

ATGNNTAG

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Re: How to split an array identified by numbers to get the correct sequence of elements by JavaFan (Canon) on Apr 19, 2012 at 12:03 UTC
`#!/usr/bin/perl my $k = "CCATGNNNAACCNNATGNNTAGCC”; print substr($k, 2, 9), "\n"; print substr($k, 15, 8), "\n";` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How to split an array identified by numbers to get the correct sequence of elements by trizen (Hermit) on Apr 19, 2012 at 12:17 UTC
`my $string = "CCATGNNNTAACCNNATGNNTAGCC"; my @substrings; foreach my $offset ([3, 11], [16, 23]) { push @substrings, substr($string, $offset->[0] - 1, $offset->[1] - + $offset->[0] + 1); } my ($substr1, $substr2) = @substrings; print "$substr1\n$substr2\n";` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How to split an array identified by numbers to get the correct sequence of elements by Anonymous Monk on Apr 19, 2012 at 11:54 UTC
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Re^2: How to split an array identified by numbers to get the correct sequence of elements by BillKSmith (Monsignor) on Apr 19, 2012 at 12:45 UTC
Note: In perl (unlike in "C"), strings are not arrays. Your array has only one element - the string. It is possible to split the string into array elements and process that array, but it is almost always better to store and process your data as a string. All other responders have used this approach without comment.	[reply]