Seems to me your main block should look more like:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
my @main = &open_file_main ();
my @annot = &open_file_annot ();
open OUTPUT, '>', 'output.txt' or die "Cannot open $!";
# loop through the main data file
foreach my $md (@main) {
chomp $md;
my ($main_chrom, $winl, $winr) = split (/\s{2,}/, $md);
foreach my $ad (@annot) {
my ($an_chrom, undef, undef, $prol, $pror, undef, undef, undef
+, $mess) =
split (/\s{2,}/, $ad);
next unless $main_chrom eq $an_chrom;
my (undef, undef, $name) = split (/\;/, $mess);
next if $winr < $prol or $winl > $pror;
print OUTPUT "$name\t $md\n";
#last;
}
}
exit;
Note that there is no need for a sub to open the output file! If you need to do complicated stuff in the context of opening the output file, return the file handle from the sub - do not use a 'global' variable that is set as a side effect!
Perl is environmentally friendly - it saves trees