regex sketch balanced groups

Pwsh/Regex/Using-BalancedGroupDefintions.ipynb

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+{
+ "cells": [
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "### about\n",
+    "\n",
+    "Using Regex's with Balanced groups"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 3,
+   "metadata": {
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+     "language": "pwsh"
+    },
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+     "kernelName": "pwsh"
+    }
+   },
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "\n",
+      "\u001b[32;1mModuleType\u001b[0m\u001b[32;1m Version   \u001b[0m \u001b[32;1;3mPreRelease\u001b[0m\u001b[32;1m Name                               \u001b[0m\u001b[32;1m ExportedCommands\u001b[0m\n",
+      "\u001b[32;1m----------\u001b[0m \u001b[32;1m-------   \u001b[0m \u001b[32;1m----------\u001b[0m \u001b[32;1m----                               \u001b[0m \u001b[32;1m----------------\u001b[0m\n",
+      "Script     0.7.8                 irregular                           {Compress-Regex, Export-RegEx…\n",
+      "( path:\"c:\\foo\" && ( ext:ps1 dm:last2days ) )\n",
+      "\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "Import-module irregular -passThru\n",
+    "$re = @{}\n",
+    "$Str = @'\n",
+    "( path:\"c:\\foo\" && ( ext:ps1 dm:last2days ) )\n",
+    "'@\n",
+    "\n",
+    "$Str"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
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+   "execution_count": 5,
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+    }
+   },
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "(?x)\r\n",
+      "^\r\n",
+      "# any of neither balanced character\r\n",
+      "[^()]*\r\n",
+      "\r\n",
+      "# open: lefty parens, closing: righty parens\r\n",
+      "\\(\r\n",
+      "(?<Open>.*)\r\n",
+      "\\)\r\n",
+      "\r\n",
+      "$\r\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "$re.Balance = @'\n",
+    "(?x)\n",
+    "    ^\n",
+    "    # any of neither balanced character\n",
+    "    [^()]*\n",
+    "\n",
+    "    # open: lefty parens, closing: righty parens\n",
+    "    \\(\n",
+    "    (?<Open>.*)\n",
+    "    \\)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "    $\n",
+    "'@\n",
+    "\n",
+    "$re.Balance"
+   ]
+  }
+ ],
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+}

Pwsh/Regex/Using-BalancedGroupDefintions.ps1

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+Import-Module irregular
+# new-Regex -Pattern (New-Regex -NotLiteralCharacter '(', ')') -Repeat *
+$Re = @{}
+$Ex = @{
+    First = '( ext:ps1 ( dm:last2weeks ))'
+}
+
+$re.scratch = @'
+(?x)
+    ^
+    # any of neither balanced character
+    [^()]*
+
+    # open: lefty parens, closing: righty parens
+    \(
+    (?<Open>.*)
+    \)
+
+    $
+'@
+
+$re.Balance = @'
+(?x)
+^
+# https://regex101.com/r/dTWnVb/1
+# example: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/base-types/grouping-constructs-in-regular-expressions#balancing-group-definitions
+
+# any-non of neither balanced character
+[^()]*
+
+# open: lefty parens, closing: righty parens
+
+(?<Open> \( )
+# any-non
+[^()]*
+
+(
+   (?<Open> \( )
+   # any-non
+   [^()]*
+)+
+# Match a right angle bracket, assign the substring between the Open group and the current group to the Close group, and delete the definition of the Open group.
+#
+(?<Close-Open> \) )
+[^()]*
+(
+   (?<Close-Open> \) )
+   [^()]*
+)+
+
+(
+  (
+    (?<Open> \( )
+    [^<>]*
+  )+
+  (
+     (?<Close-Open> \) )
+     [^()]*
+  )+
+)*
+(?(Open)(?!))
+$
+'@
+$re.Balance