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#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
my $line;
#read the line-by-line for each line ask if it matches the regex print it if it matches
while($line = <DATA>){
chomp $line;
if ($line =~ /^ATG?C*[ATCG]+?A{3,10}$/) {
print "$line\n";
}
}
exit();
__DATA__
ATGCCCAA
ATGCCCAAAA
ATGCCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD