#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; my %hash; print ("put ID fallowed by a comma "," with the DNA for that ID\n\n"); chomp (my $in=); while ($in) { if ($in=~ /exit/i){ exit,} #Split the input on a coma into a maximum of two fields my ($id,$dna)= split m/,/, $in, 2; $hash{$id}= $dna; print "Please enter another ID and DNA\n"; chomp ($in= ); } #Print hash contents while(my($key,$value)= each %hash){ print ">$key $value\n"; }