try this

lanx@nc10-ubuntu:~$ perl -de0
...
  DB<1> $a="aaAabBAAa";
 
  DB<2>  print join " ",($a =~ /((.)\G\2|(.)\3)/gi) 
aa  a aA a  Aa A  bB  b AA  A Aa A

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there should be a way to backreference matches without listing them afterwards, but I have no time to look it up.

otherwise: 

  DB<3>  print $&," " while ($a =~ /(.)\G\1|(.)\2/gi) 
aa aA Aa bB AA Aa

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Hope it helps!

Cheers Rolf

In reply to Re: Is there an elegant way of resetting the match position? by LanX
in thread Is there an elegant way of resetting the match position? by pat_mc

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