On 10/9/07, Michael Bevilacqua-Linn <michael.bevilacqualinn / gmail.com> wrote: > [snip] > > ?? > > > > I agree that for complex cases a regexp is not the solution. A > > solution like yours counting parens (or with a stack) should be > > preferred way. > Yep, parsing something with an arbitrarily stacked parentheses is the > classic example of something that can't be done with a regex. (Well, > assuming you actually care about the nested parens.) I've read that the .NET regex engine has some constructs to recognize balanced constructs like parens: http://puzzleware.net/blogs/archive/2005/08/13/22.aspx Interesting !! Jesus.