hi to all, i have a file $seq, in following format: gi|37182815|gb|AY358849.1| gi|2353725|gb|AF015490.1|AF015490 100.00 16 0 0 544 559 320 335 4.2 32.21 gi|37182815|gb|AY358849.1| gi|1335960|gb|U55203.1|BTU55203 100.00 16 0 0 544 559 380 395 4.2 32.21 gi|37182815|gb|AY358849.1| gi|1335958|gb|U55202.1|BTU55202 100.00 16 0 0 544 559 443 458 4.2 32.21 i split it into arrays using: @seqs=split(/gi|37182815|gb|AY358849.1|/,$seq); but when i printed the array,it was: |||| |2353725||AF015490.1|AF015490 100.00 16 0 0 544 559 320 335 4.2 32.21 |||| |1335960||U55203.1|BTU55203 100.00 16 0 0 544 559 380 395 4.2 32.21 |||| |1335958||U55202.1|BTU55202 100.00 16 0 0 544 559 443 458 4.2 32.21
i.e. the second occurance of gi is also being deleted. Also ' | ' separators present in /gi|37182815|gb|AY358849.1|/ is still present.can these be removed?and can the second gi,since it is an accession no. and will be required later, be from deletion? please help!! -aditi Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner online.