Re: regex related...search and delete

[The Perlman]

in reply to regex related...search and delete

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depending on your textfile this can be indefinitely complex.

are parens ever nested?

is it always (L \d+ W \d+)?

If it's not a fix format I would try to match every parens-pair, and call a function with the match with /e modifier. s/\(.*?\)/kill_LW($&)/ge

[freekngeek]

It's a fix format and it's working now. Thank you for your solution, May be I'll try this some other time.

[LanX]

> It's a fix format and it's working now.

no it's not, chorobas solution will delete any "L " outside of parens too.

if its really a fix format, use something like s/\(L (\d+) W (\d+)\)/($1 $2)/g