#!/usr/bin/perl -w $sasa_file= 'File1'; $pdbfile='File2'; # Remove the newline from the DNA filename open (MYXFILE,$sasa_file); open (PDBFILE, $pdbfile); while (){ chomp; @sa = split(/\t/,$_); #print "$sa[0] $sa[1] $sa[2]\n"; #$res = substr $_, 0, 4; #$res_no = substr $_, 4, 5; #$atom =substr $_, 9, 3; while (){ chomp; $res = substr $_, 17, 3; $res_no = substr $_, 22, 4; $atom =substr $_, 13, 3; #print " $res $res_no $atom \n" ; # works fine if (( $sa[0]eq$res)&&($sa[1]==$res_no)&&($sa[2] eq $atom)) { print "$_"; # does not print anything. } } } close MYXFILE; close PDBFILE;