function same_to_next(lst) return [x for (x, y) in zip(lst[1:end-1], lst[2:end]) if x == y] end check = [1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4] println(same_to_next(check)) # [2, 2, 3] check = collect(1:10) println(same_to_next(check)) # Int64[]