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Does not work for nested parentheses *ducks*
$s='aa, aaa, aaaa, aaa, (aaa, aaa, aaa, a), aaa, aaa, (aaa, aaa, (aaa, + aa), aaa, aaa), aaa, aaa';
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Re^3: Substituting a comma only when it is preceded and followed by a bracket (closure)
by tye (Sage) on Nov 02, 2011 at 17:32 UTC

    Ah, but I guess it beats BrowserUk's solution because it must be clearer that it doesn't work for nested parens else you wouldn't have left his un-replied-to for 22 minutes but replied to mine in 5 minutes when both fail for that same case. q-:

    - tye