Re: How to use regex to get brackets surrounding something

The original question: I have a data looking like : $data = (D,(A,B),C) When searching for A, I want to extract (A,B) and cut it out form the $data. I am not sure how to get the nearest "(" of A. Is there a regex for that?

Not the clearest description, but if you mean you want to search for 'A', and remove it and everything within the nearest set of enclosing parens:

$data = '(D,(A,B),C)';;

$data =~ s{(\([^(]*A[^)]*\))}{} and print "$1\n$data";;
(A,B)
(D,,C)
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Note: the stuff removed is also available in $1.

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Re^2: How to use regex to get brackets surrounding something by lazycoder (Initiate) on Apr 09, 2016 at 02:03 UTC
Yup thats what I wanted. Thanks!	[reply]
Re^2: How to use regex to get brackets surrounding something by lazycoder (Initiate) on Apr 09, 2016 at 02:14 UTC
I missed something. I updated the question.	[reply]