Re^2: Logic trouble parsing a formatted text file into hashes of hashes (of hashes, etc.)

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XML was another approach I tried (sequentially with LDAP). It seems to come back to my inability to properly parse the nested data.

Anticipating I ignore the tabs and focus on the related parenthesis, I could handle it. But how do I count the relative number of nested open/close parenthetical pairs while within such a pair?

Perhaps there is a math-related module that can help me!