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eddy2k
eddy2k

Reputation: 119

Regex to get everything except strings between parenthesis

From this string:

asdfhjlfbvj(1dszfkl)asdfjklugnnbcvklbc(2adfsfhj)fklajsdflkjasdf(3asdf)bvcxv

With this:

\\(.*?\\)

you get (1dszfkl), (2adfsfhj) and (3asdf)

How to get asdfhjlfbvj, asdfjklugnnbcvklbc, fklajsdflkjasdf and bvcxv?

Thanks!!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 217

Answers (1)

CertainPerformance
CertainPerformance

Reputation: 371178

Match non-parentheses characters, with lookahead for ( or the end of the string:

[^()]+(?=\(|$)

https://regex101.com/r/1XOjjA/1

Or, if you can use \K, to be more efficient, match parentheses and what's contained in them and then use \K to forget:

(?:\([^)]+\)\K)?[^(]+

https://regex101.com/r/1XOjjA/2

Upvotes: 1

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