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From: harald.alvestrand@elab-runit.sintef.no
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Matching parentheses
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Date: 28 Nov 90 15:01:31 GMT
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I have thought a long time about this, but I am sure there must be some
magic way to do it:
How can I write a pattern that matches (), ((())), ((())()), but NOT ((())?
That is, how do I get a balanced matching of parentheses?
(or quotes, for that matter...)


                   Harald Tveit Alvestrand
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