#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
=head - Per OP
$a='aabbccdddd';
I want the Output like this
$a='abcd';
=cut

my $a = 'aabbccdddd';
my $prev = '';
my @a = split //,$a;
for my $found(@a) {
    if ($prev eq $found) {
        next;
    } else {
        print "\$found is: $found \n"; #Omit \n if oneline output desired.
        $prev = $found;
        next;
    }
}