Question

I want to get the stuff back between the ( and ).

But ( ) are used for groups, and with the escape \ i get the error:

Pattern p = Pattern.compile("(\(.*\))");

unexpected char: ‘(‘

How can i prevent this?

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(I used java)

Answer 1

In Java strings, you have to escape the '\\' character, try:

Pattern p = Pattern.compile("(\\(.*\\))");