Balance (286) ^(<(<(<(<(<(<<>>)*>)*>)*>)*>)*>)*$ If we had named captures: ^(((?... | Hacker News

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nadinengland on Dec 20, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Regex Golf

Balance (286)

  ^(<(<(<(<(<(<<>>)*>)*>)*>)*>)*>)*$

If we had named captures:

  ^(((?<P><)|(?<-P>>))*(?(P)(?!)))$

skeltoac on Dec 21, 2013 [–]

Balance (288) with one bad match: ^(<(<(<(..)>)>)>)$

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