Get only values in brackets after row splitting using awk

Question

I'm working on a simple awk script: awk -f file.awk test.txt. My function:
{
split($1, arr, "[()()]")
for (i in arr) {
    print(arr[i])
}
}

My test file:
1(2)V2(9)

I'm getting
1
2
V2
9

How can I get values only in brackets?
2
9

A count of values in brackets can be different.

anubhava · Accepted Answer

You may get it using match function:
awk '{s=$1; while (match(s, /([^)]*)/ )) {
  print substr(s, RSTART+1, RLENGTH-2); s=substr(s, RSTART+1)}}' <<< "1(2)V2(9)"

2
9

Ed Morton · Answer

With GNU awk for multi-char RS and RT:
$ awk -v RS='[(][^)]+)' -F'[()]' '$0=RT{print $2}' file
2
9

hek2mgl · Answer

With GNU awk you can use FPAT (field pattern) to specify how a field looks like, rather than being limited to specify a delimiter. That's handy in this case:
echo "1(2)V2(9)" | 
    gawk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++){gsub(/[()]/,"",$i);print $i}}' FPAT="[(][^)]+[)]"
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See: Defining fields by content

Get only values in brackets after row splitting using awk

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