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for @l in 1..@brNo1        if((@temp=@regexExText.index('\\\\('))==nil)          puts 'IF'          @temp=@regexExText.index(/\([0123456789][0123456789][0123456789]/)          puts 'Index (: ' + @temp.inspect          puts 'Regex: ' + @regexExText          STDOUT.flush          @slice=@regexExText.slice((@temp-1)..(@temp+3));          puts 'Slice: ' + @slice          STDOUT.flush          @regexExText=@regexExText.sub(@slice,'(');          puts 'NewReg: ' + @regexExText          STDOUT.flush          @regexExText          puts @regexExText.dump          STDOUT.flush          @regExEntry.buffer.text=@regexExText          @regExEntry.buffer.apply_tag('bracket1', @regExEntryBuf.get_iter_at_offset(@temp-1), @regExEntryBuf.get_iter_at_offset(@temp))           puts 'IF END'        end