Balanced Parentheses Regex Pattern

Live Regex Tester

Pattern Breakdown

Code Examples

const regex = /\([^()]*\)/g;
const test = "(hello world)";
console.log(regex.test(test)); // true

// Extract matches
const matches = test.match(regex);
console.log(matches);

import re

pattern = r'\([^()]*\)'
test = "(hello world)"
match = re.findall(pattern, test)
print(match)  # Found!

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "regexp"
)

func main() {
    re := regexp.MustCompile(`\([^()]*\)`)
    fmt.Println(re.MatchString("(hello world)")) // true
}

Common Use Cases

Match Examples

About the Balanced Parentheses Regex

Matches innermost balanced parentheses groups. Note: regex alone cannot match nested groups — use recursive patterns or parsers.

Regular expressions (regex) are powerful pattern matching tools used across virtually all programming languages. The balanced parentheses pattern is classified as intermediate difficulty in the advanced patterns category. It works in all major programming languages.

When using this regex, always consider edge cases and test thoroughly with real-world data. Use the interactive tester above to validate the pattern against your specific inputs before deploying to production.

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