regex : how to match word ending with parentheses ")"

Question

I want to match string ending with ')' . I use pattern :

 "[)]" or ".*[)]"

It should match the string :

x=main2.addMenu('Edit')

But it doesn't work. What is wrong ?

Answer 1

The only matches a position at a word boundary. Think of it as a (^w|w$|Ww|wW) where w is any alphanumeric character and W is any non-alphanumeric character. The parenthesis is non-alphanumeric so won't be matched by .

Just match a parethesis, followed by the end of the string by using )$