javascript - Parse Seats from PokerStars History -

i have following string:

seat 6: dizzy (€26.49 in chips)  

i parse seatnumber (6), screenname of player (dizzy), , stack (26.49). possible 1 regex ?

here try:

    seat.([0-9])      :     .   //space     ([^(]*)  //screenname (everything next opening parenthesis)     \(     [^0-9]+ // euro or dollar sign     ([0-9\.]+) // stack     .in.chips  

but doesn't work if screenname has parenthesis, example :

seat 3: padre(93) (€10.52 in chips)  

your "screenname" section needs adjusted from:

([^(]*) 

to:

(.*) 

quantifiers greedy default -- match as possible, while still allowing rest of pattern match. in case want match last ( character.

modifying pattern way cause .* pattern match end of string, regex engine notice causes pattern fail match. backtrack last (, rest of pattern match.

see this test illustration of how modification affect matches.