Re: bracket processing

Hi,

Just remove the matching string (and whatever's left over) when you find that the RE matches. The matched string will be in $1 as normal and the original string will be trimmed to just the prefix.

use strict; use warnings; use 5.010;
use Regexp::Common 'RE_balanced';

my $string = 'The use of parentheses (indicates that the ' .
   '(writer [considered] the {information}) less ' .
   '<important—almost> an afterthought).';

my $match = RE_balanced( -parens => '(){}[]<>' );

$string =~ s/${match}.*//;
$1 and say ">$_<" for $string, $1;
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Output:

$ perl 11114819.pl
>The use of parentheses <
>(indicates that the (writer [considered] the {information}) less <imp
+ortant—almost> an afterthought)<
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Hope this helps!

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Re^2: bracket processing (updated) by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Mar 31, 2020 at 05:48 UTC
Update: Per haukex's query, the version of Regexp::Common::balanced I'm using is 2010010201, so yes, I'm a bit behind the times and the behavior of 1nickt's code is not unexpected. `c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "use Regexp::Common qw(balanced); print $Regexp::Common::balanced::VERSION; " 2010010201` [download] Are you sure about that code? I can only generate the given output when I add the `-keep` switch to the `RE_balanced()` call. Without `-keep`: `c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "use strict; use warnings; use 5.010; use Regexp::Common 'RE_balanced'; my $string = 'The use of parentheses (indicates that the ' . '(writer [considered] the {information}) less ' . '<importantalmost> an afterthought).'; my $match = RE_balanced( -parens => '(){}[]<>' ); $string =~ s/${match}.//; $1 and say \"^>$_^<\" for $string, $1; "` [download] With `-keep`: c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "use strict; use warnings; use 5.010; use Regexp::Common 'RE_balanced'; my $string = 'The use of parentheses (indicates that the ' . '(writer [considered] the {information}) less ' . '<importantalmost> an afterthought).'; my $match = RE_balanced( -parens => '(){}[]<>', -keep ); $string =~ s/${match}.//; $1 and say \"^>$_^<\" for $string, $1; " >The use of parentheses < >(indicates that the (writer [considered] the {information}) less <imp +ortantalmost> an afterthought)< [download] Give a man a fish: `<%-{-{-{-<`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: bracket processing by haukex (Archbishop) on Mar 31, 2020 at 07:25 UTC
I can only generate the given output when I add the `-keep` switch to the `RE_balanced()` call. What version are you using? From Regexp::Common::balanced: Since version 2013030901, `$1` will always be set (to the entire matched substring), regardless whether `{-keep}` is used or not.	[reply] [d/l] [select]