I have a large array of strings which I need to edit according to some rules. One of these rules is that a string should not have blocks with parenthesis. For example-
"(Speaking) (Laughing) Get out of here" # Desired output - "Get out of here"
or
"(Dancing)Where have you been" # Desired output - "Where have you been"
Please help me to do this.
A possibly interesting alternative is a simple state machine. It should be pretty performant too.
c = """(Speaking) (Laughing) Get out of here"""
paren_count = 0
out = []
for char in c:
if char == "(":
paren_count += 1
continue
elif char == ")":
paren_count -= 1
continue
if paren_count == 0:
out.append(char)
print "".join(out).strip()
(?![^()]*\))(?!\s[^a-zA-Z])([a-zA-Z ]+)
You can use this regex to do what you want.
See demo.
http://regex101.com/r/hQ1rP0/12
use it like
import re
x="(Speaking) (Laughing) Get out of here"
print re.findall(r"(?![^()]*\))([a-zA-Z ]+)",x)
