Try this:  m/(.)\1{9,}/. This should match any character followed by 9 or more occurences of itself./p>

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print map { my ($m)=1<<hex($_)&11?' ':'';
$m.=substr('AHJPacehklnorstu',hex($_),1) }
split //,'2fde0abe76c36c914586c';
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