Here is a regexp that might do the trick:<div><br><div>(?&lt;=\()[^\(\)]+</div><div><br></div><div>how it works:</div><div><br></div><div>(?&lt;=\()  look-behind for a (</div><div><br></div><div>[^\(\)]+   chars that are not ( or )</div>

<div><br></div><div>Question for the regexp guru&#39;s on this list:   Why does using both look-behind and look-ahead like below fail?</div><div><br></div><div>(?&lt;=\().*(?=\))</div><div><br></div><div>--ErikN</div><div>

<br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>--ErikN</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/3/26 Yuan Jiang <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:sleetdrop@gmail.com">sleetdrop@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>eg:</div><div>($i++)</div><div><br></div><div>when I use Edit-&gt;Select-&gt;Enclosing Typing Pairs</div>

<div><br></div><div>I just want to select $i++, not ($i++)</div><div><br></div><div>how can I achieve this.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div>
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