#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use 5.016; use List::Util 'sum'; my %mass = qw( A 71.03711 C 103.00919 D 115.02694 E 129.04259 F 147.06841 G 57.02146 H 137.05891 I 113.08406 K 128.09496 L 113.08406 M 131.04049 N 114.04293 P 97.05276 Q 128.05858 R 156.10111 S 87.03203 T 101.04768 V 99.06841 W 186.07931 Y 163.06333 ); printf "%.2f\n", sum map { $mass{$_} } split '', do { chomp(my $in = scalar <>); $in };