#!/usr/local/bin/perl # new line at the end of each print, automatically $\ = "\n"; for (1..100) { $urd = rand(); if ( $urd < 0.25 ) { $sequence = $sequence . q(a); } elsif ( $urd < 0.5 ) { $sequence = $sequence . q(c); } elsif ( $urd < 0.75 ) { $sequence = $sequence . q(g); } else { $sequence = $sequence . q(t); } } print $sequence; print "saw poly-A" if $sequence =~ /aaaa/; print $sequence; print join(" + ", split("ata",$sequence));