Re: Count capturing parentheses in a compiled regexp

in reply to Count capturing parentheses in a compiled regexp

In the spirit of "match the regex to get the number of parens in it", here's another way:

sub nparens { "" =~ /|$_[0]/ and $#+ }
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s++=END;++y(;-P)}y js++=;shajsj<++y(p-q)}?print:??;

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