Ok....
while (<DATA>){
print;
print "becomes\n";
s/\([^\(\)]+\)|\(\(\)\)/()/g;
print;
print "\n";
}
__DATA__
asdf(asdf)asdf
asdf((asdf))asdf
asdf(as(asdf)df)asdf
--------prints------
asdf(asdf)asdf
becomes
asdf()asdf
asdf((asdf))asdf
becomes
asdf(())asdf
asdf(as(asdf)df)asdf
becomes
asdf(as()df)asdf
--------- so, while what? ---------
-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph P. Discenza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 8:53 AM
To: Ron Hartikka; perl win32 users
Subject: RE: RegEx: Finding and replacing all characters between ( and )
?
Ron Hartikka wrote, on Thursday, June 07, 2001 8:33 AM
: Can the () in your data be nested?
:
: If so, you can't use an re. (See: How do I find matching/nesting anything?
: in perlfaq 4.) For example,
:
: while (<DATA>){
:
: print;
: print "becomes\n";
: s/\([^\)]+\)/()/g; # as Bill suggests
What if you make it
s/\([^\(\)]+\)|\(\(\)\)/()/g;
? You could also stick that in a while, print it at each iteration,
and watch the innermost parenthetical expressions disappear.
Joe
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