The UNIX and Linux Forums  
Hello and Welcome from United States to the UNIX and Linux Forums! Thank You for Visiting and Joining Our Global Community.

Go Back   The UNIX and Linux Forums > Top Forums > Shell Programming and Scripting
.
google unix.com



Shell Programming and Scripting Post questions about KSH, CSH, SH, BASH, PERL, PHP, SED, AWK and OTHER shell scripts and shell scripting languages here.

More UNIX and Linux Forum Topics You Might Find Helpful
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
REGEX: Matching Null? deckard Shell Programming and Scripting 2 06-05-2008 10:56 AM
how do i strip this line using perl regex. ramky79 Shell Programming and Scripting 1 03-18-2008 12:10 PM
Parentheses in perl find/replace Jeffish Shell Programming and Scripting 3 08-21-2007 11:10 AM
string matching in perl ammu Shell Programming and Scripting 3 07-16-2007 02:47 PM
find -regex: matching multiple extensions r0sc0 Shell Programming and Scripting 2 12-08-2005 02:32 PM

 
English Japanese Spanish French German Portuguese Italian Dutch Swedish Russian Norwegian Hungarian Hebrew Danish Bulgarian Greek Powered by Powered by Google
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Rate Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 06-19-2008
cvp cvp is offline
Registered User
  
 

Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 3
Perl regex help - matching parentheses

Let's say I'm trying to match potentially multiple sets of parentheses. Is there a way in a regular expression to force a match of closing parentheses specifically in the number of the opening parentheses?
For example, if the string is "((foo bar))", I want to be able to say "match any number of opening parentheses, then any number of non-parentheses, followed by the same number of closing parentheses as the opening parentheses found, no more and no less."
This will be used for things like extracting "((bar))" from "(foo ((bar)))".

Thanks in advance!
-cvp
 

Bookmarks

Tags
perl, perl regex, regex

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On




All times are GMT -4. The time now is 01:41 PM.


Powered by: vBulletin, Copyright ©2000 - 2006, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited. Language Translations Powered by .
vBCredits v1.4 Copyright ©2007 - 2008, PixelFX Studios
The UNIX and Linux Forums Content Copyright ©1993-2009. All Rights Reserved.Ad Management by RedTyger

Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.2.0