Re: splitting words with brackets

Tim Chase wrote:
Ah...the picture is becoming a little more clear:

>>> r = re.compile(r'(?:\([^\)]*\)|\[[^\]]*\]|\S)+')
>>> r.findall(s)
['(a c)b(c d)', 'e']

It also works on my original test data, and is a cleaner regexp
than the original.

The clearer the problem, the clearer the answer. :)

Ah, it's exactly what I want! I thought the left and right sides of
"|" are equal, but it is not true. I think I must sleep right now,
lacking of sleep makes me a dull :-p. Thank you and Simon for your
kindly help!

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