Re^3: How do I avoid double substitution when replacing many patterns?

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in thread How do I avoid double substitution when replacing many patterns?

You could change

(?:
  |
  ( \( )
)
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(
  \(
)?
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... unless you get queasy when you see quantifiers placed on capturing groups.

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Re^4: How do I avoid double substitution when replacing many patterns? by diotalevi (Canon) on Jan 20, 2007 at 19:02 UTC
I thought about it but decided I wasn't sure whether that would work correctly with the later conditional. If it does, great. ⠤⠤ ⠙⠊⠕⠞⠁⠇⠑⠧⠊	[reply]

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