What is the qt regular expression to capture the text inside a parentheses?

aurora

hi all,
I needed to capture the text inside a parentheses.
For eg:
hello how are u mr(abc+d) joy

here i want to capture the text "abc+d"
how can i do that?
i tried but i didnt get how to use parentheses....
please some one guide me

lgeyer

You will have to escape the parentheses using \.
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QString text("hello how are u mr(abc+d) joy");

QRegExp exp("\\((.*)\\)");
if(exp.indexIn(text) >= 0)
{
    qDebug() <&lt; exp.cap(0);   // "(acb+d)"
    qDebug() &lt;&lt; exp.cap(1);   // "abc+d"
}

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