#!perl -w
use strict;
# perl polya.pl pccx1.dna
# This could miss a poly a tail that was caught between spaces
my $poly_a_tail_search = qr/a{2,}ta{3,}/io;
my $count = 0;
while ( <> ) {
while ( /$poly_a_tail_search/g ) { ++$count; }
if ( eof ) {
print "File: ", $ARGV, "\tNumber of poly a tails: ", $count, "\n";
$count = 0;
}
}
exit(0);