use strict; use warnings; my ($c, $maxn, $n, $maxc, $str) = ('', 0); $str = join '', ; for (0..(length($str)-1)) { $_ = substr($str, $_, 1); if ($_ ne $c) { $n = 1; $c = $_; } else { $n++; if ($n > $maxn) { $maxn = $n; $maxc = $c; } } } print $maxc x $maxn; __DATA__ ABDBACCBBBCBDDBCDCBCCDBABCBABBBBBADACDABACC