sub repeated_substring { my ($ssl,$pos) = (1,-1); my $len = length($_[0]); my $i = 0; while ($i < $len-2*$ssl) { if (index($_[0],substr($_[0],$i,$ssl),$i+$ssl) == -1) { $i++; next } $pos = $i; $ssl++; } return $pos == -1 ? "" : substr($_[0], $pos, $ssl-1); }