From: Peter Szinek <peter@...>
Date: 2006-12-11T18:28:27+09:00
Subject: Regexp/scan question

Hello,

I need to match a chunk of code like this:

....
....
#begin here
...}
......end
...}
......}
.....end
...
...

I need to match from "the #begin here" up to the n-th closing token 
(i.e. '}' or 'end'). n can be arbitrary (let's consider that it is 
meaningful, i.e. there are no more '}' + 'end's than n.

Example
match_stuff(2):

#begin here
...}
......end

match_stuff(4):

#begin here
...}
......end
...}
......}

etc.

What's the most optimal way to accomplish this? I have been trying with 
scan() but I did not really succeed yet

TIA,
Peter

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