Regex to escape the parentheses

Question

I tried different ways to escape the parentheses using regex in JavaScript but I still can't make it work.

This is the string:

"abc(blah (blah) blah()...).def(blah() (blah).. () ...)"

I want this to be detected:

abc().def() 

Using this code, it returns false.

 str.match(/abc\([^)]*\)\.def\([^)]*\)/i);

Can you please tell me why my regex is not working?

Answer 1

This regex will match the string you provided:

(abc\().+(\)\.def\().+(\))

And using backreferences $1$2$3 will produce abc().def()

Or just use this if you don't want the back references:

abc\(.+\)\.def\(.+\)