From: timr <timrandg@...>
Date: 2010-10-02T16:25:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby String: How do I strip anything between two parenthesis

I'd go with regex, but we need more cases with expected results to
figure out which regex would work for you.
How about this?

>> "no match outside (inside all (gets) collected)".match(/\((.*)\)/)[1]
=> "inside all (gets) collected"

>> "no match outside (lisp? (atom? (car (me_a_string 3 4)))".match(/\((.*)\)/)[1]
=> "lisp? (atom? (car (me_a_string 3 4))"


Explanation:
/\((.*)\)/

/ <- regex syntax -> / means look for a pattern matching
\(  an open parenthesis (the backslash is working as an escape
character here)
(.*)   means as many characters as you can find (even none is okay)
and store the hit
\)  a close parenthesis (again backslash is just an escape character)