use strict;
my $str = 'color()
color(a)
color(a, a)
color(a())
color(a(b()))
color(a, a())
color(a, a(), b)
color(a(), b)
color(a, b, c(d, e(f, g()), h))';
my $regex = qr/(?<function>\w+) \( # Matches function name
(?<parameters> # Simple param type.
(?<data> # Simple data type: inner function or word (keep this order!).
(?R) | # Or recursive this Regexp to match inner functions.
\w+ # Matches a simple word.
)
( # Match additional parameters:
\s*,\s* # Match comma, but skip spaces.
\g<parameters> # Recurse additional parameters.
)* # Zero or more additional parameters.
)? # Parameters are optional
\)/mxp;
if ( $str =~ /$regex/g ) {
print "Whole match is ${^MATCH} and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[0] and \$+[0]\n";
# print "Capture Group 1 is $1 and its start/end positions can be obtained via \$-[1] and \$+[1]\n";
# print "Capture Group 2 is $2 ... and so on\n";
}
# ${^POSTMATCH} and ${^PREMATCH} are also available with the use of '/p'
# Named capture groups can be called via $+{name}
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Perl, please visit: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html