module.exports = balanced; function balanced(a, b, str) { var r = range(a, b, str); return r && { start: r[0], end: r[1], pre: str.slice(0, r[0]), body: str.slice(r[0] + a.length, r[1]), post: str.slice(r[1] + b.length) }; } balanced.range = range; function range(a, b, str) { var begs, beg, left, right, result; var ai = str.indexOf(a); var bi = str.indexOf(b, ai + 1); var i = ai; if (ai >= 0 && bi > 0) { begs = []; left = str.length; while (i < str.length && i >= 0 && ! result) { if (i == ai) { begs.push(i); ai = str.indexOf(a, i + 1); } else if (begs.length == 1) { result = [ begs.pop(), bi ]; } else { beg = begs.pop(); if (beg < left) { left = beg; right = bi; } bi = str.indexOf(b, i + 1); } i = ai < bi && ai >= 0 ? ai : bi; } if (begs.length) { result = [ left, right ]; } } return result; }