#!/usr/bin/perl # http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=1198131 use strict; use warnings; my %one; while() { my ($one, $two, $three, $four) = split; /(\d+)/; # get number for later sort push @{ $one{$1} }, [ $two, $three, $four, $_ ]; } for my $one (sort { $a <=> $b } keys %one) { my %groups; LOOP: for ( sort { $a->[1] cmp $b->[1] or $b->[2] <=> $a->[2] or $a->[0] <=> $b->[0] } @{ $one{$one} } ) { my ( $two, $three, $four, $all ) = @$_; if( keys %groups ) { for ( sort keys %groups ) { if( ( $_ ^ "$three" ) =~ tr/\0//c <= 2 ) { push @{ $groups{$_} }, [ $two, $three, $four, $all ]; next LOOP; } } push @{ $groups{$three} }, [ $two, $three, $four, $all ]; } else { push @{ $groups{$three} }, [ $two, $three, $four, $all ]; } } for ( sort keys %groups ) { print "CLUSTER\n"; print $_->[3] for values @{ $groups{$_} }; } } __DATA__ chrM:307 0 TCAGGGTG 115 chrM:307 0 TCAGGGTG 107 chrM:307 0 TCAGGGTG 115 chrM:307 0 TCAGGGTG 130 chrM:307 0 TCAGGGTG 114 chrM:307 1 TCAGGGTG 106 chrM:310 0 TCAGGGTG 99 chrM:392 2 CCTCTTAT 130 chrM:396 2 AGTTACTA 129 chrM:443 0 ATTATCAA 130 extra columns chrM:542 2 AATCCAAA 129 chrM:542 0 AATCCAAA 129 chrM:934 0 CATTCGCT 129 chrM:934 1 CATTCGCT 129 chrM:1001 0 CGTGACAT 129 chrM:1127 0 GATACTAA 130 chrM:1257 1 TGGAAATC 129 chrM:1262 0 CGGGAAGC 129 chrM:1262 0 AGGGAAGG 129 chrM:1603 0 GTATCGGA 130 chrM:1603 1 GTATCGGA 130 #### CLUSTER chrM:307 0 TCAGGGTG 130 chrM:307 0 TCAGGGTG 115 chrM:307 0 TCAGGGTG 115 chrM:307 0 TCAGGGTG 114 chrM:307 0 TCAGGGTG 107 chrM:307 1 TCAGGGTG 106 CLUSTER chrM:310 0 TCAGGGTG 99 CLUSTER chrM:392 2 CCTCTTAT 130 CLUSTER chrM:396 2 AGTTACTA 129 CLUSTER chrM:443 0 ATTATCAA 130 extra columns CLUSTER chrM:542 0 AATCCAAA 129 chrM:542 2 AATCCAAA 129 CLUSTER chrM:934 0 CATTCGCT 129 chrM:934 1 CATTCGCT 129 CLUSTER chrM:1001 0 CGTGACAT 129 CLUSTER chrM:1127 0 GATACTAA 130 CLUSTER chrM:1257 1 TGGAAATC 129 CLUSTER chrM:1262 0 AGGGAAGG 129 chrM:1262 0 CGGGAAGC 129 CLUSTER chrM:1603 0 GTATCGGA 130 chrM:1603 1 GTATCGGA 130