Array of arrays
by mattography
JavaScript
var arr = ["L", "A", "T", "C", "H", "A", "C", "C", "E", "S", "S"],
similarVals = a => a.reduce((p, c) => (p[p.length - 1][0] === void 0 ||
p[p.length - 1][0] === c ? p[p.length - 1].push(c) : p.push([c]),
p), [
[]
]);
console.log(JSON.stringify(similarVals(arr)));