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user797963
user797963

Reputation: 3027

python regex to match any strings $(*)

I'm having trouble with some python regex as part of a script that I'm writing to generate simple shell scripts. I must be missing something really simple.

Example strings:

"$(VAR1)/mypath/to/nowhere"
"$(VAR2)"
"/cruel/$(VAR3)/world"

How can I match and return all $(*) values from the strings? I've tried a bunch of different regexes similar to '$\((*)\)', but I'm not getting any matches in a python regex tester. Help is much appreciated.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1849

Answers (1)

RomanPerekhrest
RomanPerekhrest

Reputation: 92854

Use the following approach:

s = "$(VAR1)/cruel/$(VAR3)/world"
result = re.findall(r'\$\([^()]+\)', s)

print(result)

The output:

['$(VAR1)', '$(VAR3)']

Upvotes: 1

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