[0] Perl> $s = "Input String: aaAabBAAa";; [0] Perl> $n=1; print "'$1'" while $s =~ m[(?=((.)\2{$n}))]ig;; 'aa' 'aA' 'Aa' 'bB' 'AA' 'Aa' [0] Perl> $n=2; print "'$1'" while $s =~ m[(?=((.)\2{$n}))]ig;; 'aaA' 'aAa' 'AAa'