Regexp whitespace problem

[VelcroMan]

Hi, i want to match a function-call in a text file. Which means:

print();
pRinT54();
print ();
print                ()               );

I'm using this regexp, which only matches if there are no spaces:

((?:[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*)(\\s*)(\\(.*\\))(\\s*)(;))

Sorry for the ugly regexp :(

Anyone have any idea why it doesn't match if there are whitespaces?

Shouldn't \\s* match any numbers of whitespaces?

[pritaeas]

try this:

((?:[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*)(\s*)(.*)\)(\s*)(;))

[VelcroMan]

I have, but i get "Unknown escape sequence" when i compile :(

[pritaeas]

((?:[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]*)(\\s*)(.*)\\)(\\s*)(;))