How to match () pairs

[Peng Yu]

Hi,

I would like to match a pattern such as

something( something_1( something_2( ...
(something_n)...)something_else_2)something_else_1)

, where all the brackets pair up and there could be any number of
pairs. something_1, something_2, ..., and something_n could contain
'()' pair as well.

I'm wondering if there is any way to do this with regex?

Thanks,
Peng

 

[Tad J McClellan]

I would like to match

Then you should type:

perldoc -q match

How do I find matching/nesting anything?

a pattern such as

something( something_1( something_2( ...
(something_n)...)something_else_2)something_else_1)

, where all the brackets pair up and there could be any number of
pairs. something_1, something_2, ..., and something_n could contain
'()' pair as well.

I'm wondering if there is any way to do this with regex?

"This isn't something that can be done in one regular expression, no
matter how complicated."

 

[Uri Guttman]

TJM> Then you should type:

TJM> perldoc -q match

TJM> How do I find matching/nesting anything?

TJM> "This isn't something that can be done in one regular expression, no
TJM> matter how complicated."

that could be done with (??{ code }) which is considered experimental
but 5.10 has (?PARNO) which says it can match nested parens. see perldoc
perlre and look for PARNO. it is still not for newbies and the faint of
heart but it is supported. it is still better/simpler to use a module like
text::balanced to match nested parens.

uri