Extract string between matching braces in Perl
- by Srilesh
My input file is as below :
HEADER
{ABC|*|DEF {GHI 0 1 0} {{Points {}}}}
{ABC|*|DEF {GHI 0 2 0} {{Points {}}}}
{ABC|*|XYZ:abc:def {GHI 0 22 0} {{Points {{F1 1.1} {F2 1.2} {F3 1.3} {F4 1.4}}}}}
{ABC|*|XYZ:ghi:jkl {JKL 0 372 0} {{Points {}}}}
{ABC|*|XYZ:mno:pqr {GHI 0 34 0} {{Points {}}}}
{
ABC|*|XYZ:abc:pqr {GHI 0 68 0}
{{Points {{F1 11.11} {F2 12.10} {F3 14.11} {F4 16.23}}}}
}
TRAILER
I want to extract the file into an array as below :
$array[0] = "{ABC|*|DEF {GHI 0 1 0} {{Points {}}}}"
$array[1] = "{ABC|*|DEF {GHI 0 2 0} {{Points {}}}}"
$array[2] = "{ABC|*|XYZ:abc:def {GHI 0 22 0} {{Points {{F1 1.1} {F2 1.2} {F3 1.3} {F4 1.4}}}}}"
..
..
$array[5] = "{
ABC|*|XYZ:abc:pqr {GHI 0 68 0}
{{Points {{F1 11.11} {F2 12.10} {F3 14.11} {F4 16.23}}}}
}"
Which means, I need to match the first opening curly brace with its closing curly brace and extract the string in between.
I have checked the below link, but this doesnt apply to my question.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/413071/regex-to-get-string-between-curly-braces-i-want-whats-between-the-curly-braces
I am trying but would really help if someone can assist me with their expertise ...
Thanks
Sri ...
