hi all, i have a doubt on this regular exp can anyone explain me clearly.. actualy i am trying to extract the multiple conditions inside while and if... am using perl 5.8.6 windows XP....... 

 
  my perl code sampled:
    my $count = 0; 
    foreach my $condition (@conditions) { 
     $count++; 
     my ($open,$close) = $condition =~ /( (?: [(] | \s )* ) (.*) /msx;
     print "$open $count $close"; 
      }

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and my C code 

  
     while
     (
       ( 
        1 condition A &&
        2 condition B
       )&&
       (
        3 condition C
        4 condition D
       )
     )

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and am facing the problem when i have a while loop like this 

 
 while
     (
        
         (condition A) &&
         (condition B)
     )

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my desired output has to be.... 
 
     while
     (
        
        1 (condition A) &&
        2 (condition B)
     )

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but it prints has... 
 
while
   (
      ( 1 condition A) &&
      ( 2 condition B)

   )

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can anyone help me with the regex pls to get my desired output?

In reply to doubt on assertion regex by loki

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