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  1. p 'google.translate(en, fr) this is a test'.match(/^(.+)(\((.*)\)) ?(.*)$/)
  2. # I want to make the parenthesis part optional, what's happening?
  3. p 'google.translate(en, fr) this is a test'.match(/^(.+)(\((.*)\))? ?(.*)$/)
Success #stdin #stdout 0.01s 7420KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
#<MatchData "google.translate(en, fr) this is a test" 1:"google.translate" 2:"(en, fr)" 3:"en, fr" 4:"this is a test">
#<MatchData "google.translate(en, fr) this is a test" 1:"google.translate(en, fr) this is a test" 2:nil 3:nil 4:"">
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Ruby (ruby 2.5.5)
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10 years ago
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