is it possible to split the following string using regular expressions?

Question

suppose I have a string:

QString str={time:123,age:{aaa:123,bbb:456},address:aaa,hight:{zzz:111,ccc:{rrr:333,uuu:555},xxx:222}};

is it possible using regular expression to split it to

str.split(QRegExp(???))

==>

    time:123  
    age:{aaa:123,bbb:456}  
    address:aaa  
    hight:{zzz:111,ccc:{rrr:333,uuu:555},xxx:222}

Thanks

It is possible to use regexes for this example, but note that they can't deal with arbitrary levels of nesting, so if your real-life examples are more complex than this, you're probably best to use another method. — Oliver Charlesworth, Nov 08 '10 at 08:55

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 08 '10 at 08:55

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You're trying to match levels of nesting, which is not a regular language (and thus regular expressions can't match it).

It shouldn't be too hard to write a simplistic non-regex parser for this, though.

answered Nov 08 '10 at 08:55

Amber

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 08 '10 at 09:14

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Is it JSON? In that case, use a JSON parser.

In general, use a parser appropriate for the language. This cannot be correctly solved with regular expressions.

answered Nov 08 '10 at 09:14

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