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Perl Reg exp: Parentheses in character class
I see. Makes sense. Thanks :) -
Perl Reg exp: Parentheses in character class
I am trying to match parentheses by puting the parentheses in a character class, but I cannot get it to work. Here is the sample code I am trying to run: $line = 'hello(()())'; $line =~ /([\(\)]*)/; print $1."\n"; I would think '(()())' will get printed, but it does not. Any help/tips will...
