#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; my $reps = <) { $line =~ s/[\n\r]//g; my @array = split /\s+/, $line; $tests{$array[0]}{$array[1]}{'end'} = $array[2]; $tests{$array[0]}{$array[1]}{'rep'} = $array[3]; } open my $repIn, '<', \$reps; while (<$repIn>) { my ($chr, $start, $end, $rep) = split ' '; next if !exists $tests{$chr}; for my $s (keys %{$tests{$chr}}) { if ($start <= $tests{$chr}{$s}{'end'}) { last if $s >= $end; print "$chr $start $end $rep\n"; } } } __DATA__ chr2 160 210