open DIS, "/dataseq/jmdna/codes/reportbase/oncotree.cancertype.20230801.txt"; ; my (%dis, @id, %dis2); while () { chomp; my @line = split(/\t/); $dis{lc $line[2]} = $line[3]; $dis{lc $line[4]} = $line[5]; push @{$dis2{$line[0]}}, lc $line[2]; push @{$dis2{$line[0]}}, lc $line[4]; push @id, $line[0]; } foreach my $ID ('ST01') { my @family; my @ids = split("", $ID); for (my $i = 1; $i < @ids; $i = $i + 2) { push @family, join("", @ids[0 .. $i]); } push @family, (grep {/^$ID/} @id); foreach my $t (@family) { push @{$dis2{$ID}}, @{$dis2{$t}}; } } foreach my $key (keys(%dis2)) { my %uniq; @{$dis2{$key}} = grep {++$uniq{$_} < 2} @{$dis2{$key}}; } print "$dis2{'ST01'}";