.NET均衡组的正则表达式让我的脑袋炸开。我有这个字符串我试图匹配：

.NET balanced group regexes make my head explode. I've got this string i'm trying to match:

other stuff blah blah....
                    {
                        stuff stuff
                        {key:
                            stuff
                            stuff
                        }
                    } more stuff.....

下面是我的正则表达式：

Here's my regex:

[^{}]*                      # anything that isn't { }
\{                          # starting with {
(?>                         # atomic group: throw away backtracks on exit
    [^{}]+
  |
    \{(?:\w+:)?(?<DEPTH>)   # on matching { plus optional "word:" push stack  
  |
    \}(?<-DEPTH>)           # on matching } pop stack
)*
(?(DEPTH)(?!))              # if depth unbalanced, fail match
\}                          # ending with }
[^{}]*                      # anything that isn't { }

所以，我试图匹配平衡大括号，有些地方的左大括号有一个可选的字，后跟一个冒号。上述正则表达式匹配我的例子字符串，但如果我删除一个大括号（即不平衡吧）：

So, I'm trying to match balancing curly braces, where some of the opening curly braces have an optional word followed by a colon. The above regex matches my example string, but if i remove a curly brace, (i.e. "unbalancing it):

    other stuff blah blah....
                    {
                        stuff stuff
                        {key:
                            stuff
                            stuff

                    } more stuff.....

...它仍然符合！

...it still matches!

谁能告诉我如何解决我的正则表达式？

Can anyone tell me how to fix my regex?

推荐答案

你检查什么是匹配在第二种情况下？既然你没有任何锚，我认为发动机启动的比赛只是第一个{之后。从那里，直到结束，匹配字符串。

Have you checked what it is matching in the second case? Since you don't have any anchors, I think the engine starts the match just after the first '{'. From there, until the end, the string matches.

尝试，围绕着\ A和\ Z模式。

Try surrounding the pattern with \A and \z.