Here is an extract of my data (the full set is over 2000 lines):
1) (6 9) (14 13)
2) (18 x 11) (15 x 8)
...
44) (1 - 5) (12 x 1)
45) (13 x 4) - (8 x 11)
...
578) (17 x 20) (11 14)
579) (2 12) (5 19)
...
1598) (17 6) - (0 16)
1599) (6 - 4) x (7 - 4)
1600) (20 - 15) - (6 x 14)
I want to select everything up to the first right bracket (including the bracket itself) on every line, but not select past that.
Expected results: (With bold/yellow highlight represent the selection)
This is regex code I am using: . ?(\)) I think it should work. But when 
How can I fix it, so it selects up to the first right bracket only on every line (including the bracket itself).
CodePudding user response：
You may any of:
^[^)] \)
^.*?\)
^\d \)
The third option would make sense if you always expect each line to start off with digits, ending in ).
CodePudding user response：
Your regex does not require a match to be at the start of a line. To add that restriction, prefix it with ^ and then add the m flag so ^ matches with any start of a line (and not only the start of the whole input):