getting text between parenthesis

[gcue]

hello world!

typically i would use this to get text between brackets

$string = "Bob Parker {BP}"
$array = StringRegExp($string, "(?s)(?i){(.*?)}", 3)
msgbox(0,"",$array[0])

but it doesnt work the same for parenthesis - i think because its seeing the parenthesis as indicators instead of literal symbols.

is there somethign that would work for both?

thanks

Edited September 17, 2013 by gcue

[DXRW4E]

$string = "Bob Parker {BP}" 
$array = StringRegExp($string, "\{([^\}\r\n]*)\}", 3) 
;$array = StringRegExp($string, "(?si)\{(.*?)\}", 3) 
msgbox(0,"",$array[0])

?????

Ciao.

Edited September 17, 2013 by DXRW4E

[Melba23]

gcue,

You are correct that the () need to be escaped - this works for me:

#include <Array.au3>

$sString = "Bob Parker {BP}" & @CRLF & "Fred Bloggs (FB)"
$aArray = StringRegExp($sString, "[\({](.*)[/)}]", 3)
_ArrayDisplay($Aarray)

Explanation:

[\({] - Look for either a ( (the leading / escapes it) or a {
(.*)  - Capture characters until
[/)}] - the matching bracket

All clear?

M23

[gcue]

both work great

thanks guys!

thanks for the explanation also melba =)

[DXRW4E]

For more look at the RECURSIVE PATTERNS http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/pcrepattern.html#SEC22

Ciao.

Edited September 17, 2013 by DXRW4E