use strict;
my $str = 'Truthy:
0
)
(
"
()
""
10
400010
210010
("")00
3"""""
2(2(2(0)0)0)0
2"010""44)()4"
)31(0)0(20102010
())2)1))0"3())"))
3("4321("301(0)21100"4")"123"00)40"121"31000""01010
Falsy:
1
1(310
12(010
4"00010"
3120102100
20(2((0)(0)))
2(2(2(0)0)0)01)
4(0102)00)00000
2"00"("00"2(""))
';
my $regex = qr/^(?3)*\)*$(()((?(2)|\)*)(\((?1)*(\)|$)|0|"[^\n"]*.?|(1|(2|(3|4(?3))(?3))(?3))(?3))))?/mp;
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