I wouldn't try to do this using regular expressions but would use a state engine instead.

use strict;
use warnings;

use 5.010;

my $string     =
   q{TestVar(Test1->(xy))->Var2(Test2(10)(12))->Finalvar};
say $string;

my $parenDepth = 0;
my $newString  = q{};

foreach my $char ( split m{}, $string )
{
    if ( $char eq q{(} )
    {
        $parenDepth ++;
    }
    elsif ( $char eq q{)} )
    {
        $parenDepth --;
    }
    else
    {
        $newString .= $char unless $parenDepth;
    }
}

say $newString;

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The output

TestVar(Test1->(xy))->Var2(Test2(10)(12))->Finalvar
TestVar->Var2->Finalvar

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I hope this is helpful.

Cheers,

JohnGG

In reply to Re: Regex required to Replace the array specifiers in a string by johngg
in thread Regex required to Replace the array specifiers in a string by anandvn

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