How to create a regular expression that matches nested parentheses or brackets in Golang?

To create a regular expression that matches nested parentheses or brackets in Golang, you can use recursion. Here is an example of how you can achieve this:

package main import ( "fmt" "regexp" ) func checkNestedParentheses(input string) bool { re := regexp.MustCompile(`(\((?:[^()]|(?R))*\))|\[(?:[^\[\]]|(?R))*\]`) return re.MatchString(input) } func main() { fmt.Println(checkNestedParentheses("()")) // true fmt.Println(checkNestedParentheses("((()(()))())")) // true fmt.Println(checkNestedParentheses("[(a[b](c))d]")) // true fmt.Println(checkNestedParentheses("[(a[b](c))]")) // false, unbalanced closing bracket fmt.Println(checkNestedParentheses("(a(b]c)")) // false, mismatched bracket types fmt.Println(checkNestedParentheses(")")) // false, unbalanced closing parenthesis }

In the regular expression pattern (\((?:[^()]|(?R))*\))|\[(?:[^\[\]]|(?R))*\], we define two alternatives separated by the | symbol:

  • (\((?:[^()]|(?R))*\)) matches nested parentheses. It uses a non-capturing group (?:[^()]|(?R))* to match any character that is not a parenthesis or recursively matches nested parentheses using (?R).
  • \[(?:[^\[\]]|(?R))*\] matches nested brackets. It uses a similar approach to match any character that is not a bracket or recursively matches nested brackets using (?R).

Using this regular expression, the checkNestedParentheses function returns true if the input string contains properly nested parentheses or brackets, and false otherwise.