Python regex: matching a parenthesis within parenthesis

Question

I\'ve been trying to match the following string:

string = \"TEMPLATES = ( (\'index.html\', \'home\'), (\'base.html\', \'base\'))\"

But unfo

Answer 1

If your strings look like valid Python code anyways you can do this:

import ast
var, s = [part.strip() for part in 
     "TEMPLATES = ( ('index.html', 'home'), ('base.html', 'base'))".split('=')]
result= ast.literal_eval(s)