On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 9:07 AM, <dunb...@aol.com> wrote: > I tired your script on the string: > > > > aa(ss)(xx)(yy) > > > > it only returned the parens bracketing "ss" >
I Think that's what he wants to do - just find the position of the first set of parentheses, taking nested parens into account. But not sure..... Personally, I'd use the regex that Thierry posted a couple of days back. No recursion involved and one line of code does the job. Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode