Re: Re: pattern matching nested { }'s

[Gerard]

Thanks for your reply. I think I was a little unclear in my original post. Only the { } immediately after onValidate should match. For example:

 
   onValidate
   {
    stuff in here
    {
       other stuff
    }
   }

should all be removed and

   keep this
   {
       remove this {and {this}}
   }

should all be kept.

Thanks, Gerard.

[Caron]

Well, in that case, just say it to your replacement command:

$text =~ s/(onValidate)\s*$re/$1/g;

# or even $text =~ s/(?<=onValidate)\s*$re//g;

print $text;

It gives:

   onValidate
   keep this
   {
       remove this {and {this}}
   }