johngg@shiraz:~/perl/Monks > perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -E ' my $str = q{BEBEBEHUHUHUJJFAFALL}; my %cnt; $cnt{ $_ } ++ for unpack q{(a2)*}, $str; say qq{$_ -> $cnt{ $_ }} for sort keys %cnt;' BE -> 3 FA -> 2 HU -> 3 JJ -> 1 LL -> 1