Regular Expressions - Check for char between other chars

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I have a text file that I want to split with RegEx, but the problem is that its syntax is something like this:

["string", "string", [("string", int),("string", int)], int, int, string(int, "string")],

I want to split it using the comma (,) as a delimiter, but as you can see, there are a lot of other commas that I don't want to split (In the example - the ones between () brackets). I tried to use lookarounds, but it didn't work. I'm fairly new to Regular Expressions, so I wanted to ask: Is there a way to determine if the comma is between brackets (but not next to them...) and split using only the bracket-free commas?

Posted 4-Dec-10 23:44pm

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#realJSOP · Answer 1 · 2010-12-04T23:54:00

Solution 1

I wrote an article about string splitting you might be interested in. It wouldn't do exactly what it looks like you need, but it might provide a starting point.

Persistent String Parser[^]

Posted 4-Dec-10 23:54pm

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User970 · Answer 2 · 2011-03-04T02:16:00

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I found it. I just implement a parser which check every char in the specified string for a comma. If the comma is not between brackets and stuff, I accept it as a delimiter and split with it.

Posted 4-Mar-11 2:16am

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