in reply to finding number of contiguous letters

Just for the fun of it...

$_="computer"; s/(.)(.)(.)(?=(.)(.))/$1$2$3$2$3$4$3$4$5/g; print join "\n",/(...)/g;

s$$([},&%#}/&/]+}%&{})*;#$&&s&&$^X.($'^"%]=\&(|?*{%
+.+=%;.#_}\&"^"-+%*).}%:##%}={~=~:.")&e&&s""`$''`"e