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(**) Pack consecutive duplicates of list elements into sublists. If a list contains repeated elements they should be placed in separate sublists.

pack (x:xs) = let (first,rest) = span (==x) xs
               in (x:first) : pack rest
pack [] = []

A more verbose solution is

pack :: Eq a => [a] -> [[a]]
pack [] = []
pack (x:xs) = (x:first) : pack rest
         where
           getReps [] = ([], [])
           getReps (y:ys)
                   | y == x = let (f,r) = getReps ys in (y:f, r)
                   | otherwise = ([], (y:ys))
           (first,rest) = getReps xs

This is implemented as group in Data.List.