#!/usr/bin/env perl -l

use strict;
use warnings;

my ($brace_re, $bracket_re);
$brace_re = qr< { (?: [^{}]++ | (??{ $brace_re }) )* } >x;
$bracket_re = qr< \[ (?: [^\[\]]++ | (??{ $bracket_re }) )* \] >x;
my $re = qr< ( $brace_re | $bracket_re ) >x;

while (<DATA>) {
    print;
    while (/$re/g) {
        print "MATCH = $1" if length $1 > 2;
    }
    print '-' x 60;
}

__DATA__
...?[](...$[] = [ USER_ENTITY_NAME ], text${} = { this is a test })...
a[] = [ this is a [ test ] { test2 } ]
a{} = { this is a { test } [ test2 ] }
{ a { b [ {}c{} ] d } e } = [ f [ g { []h[] } i ] j ]
{}[]{ {}[] }[]{} - []{}[ []{} ]{}[]

##</code><code>##

...?[](...$[] = [ USER_ENTITY_NAME ], text${} = { this is a test })...

MATCH = [ USER_ENTITY_NAME ]
MATCH = { this is a test }
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a[] = [ this is a [ test ] { test2 } ]

MATCH = [ this is a [ test ] { test2 } ]
------------------------------------------------------------
a{} = { this is a { test } [ test2 ] }

MATCH = { this is a { test } [ test2 ] }
------------------------------------------------------------
{ a { b [ {}c{} ] d } e } = [ f [ g { []h[] } i ] j ]

MATCH = { a { b [ {}c{} ] d } e }
MATCH = [ f [ g { []h[] } i ] j ]
------------------------------------------------------------
{}[]{ {}[] }[]{} - []{}[ []{} ]{}[]

MATCH = { {}[] }
MATCH = [ []{} ]
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