in reply to Parse TCL list?

What are "TCL list elements"? (you wouldn't expect me to go learn about TCL now) I suspect you may need Regexp::Common, as in
use Regexp::Common qw /balanced/; my( @ek ) = ( "eka toka kolo", "eka {toka soka} kolo", "{eka seka leka seka} {toka soka {roka loka moka} doka}{{kolo nolo} {{ +solo molo} tolo} holo rolo}" ); for my $str ( @ek ){ print "$_\n" for $str =~ /$RE{balanced}{-parens=>'{}'}/g; } __END__ {toka soka} {eka seka leka seka} {toka soka {roka loka moka} doka} {{kolo nolo} {{solo molo} tolo} holo rolo}
but that's just a guess.

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