parsing nested parentheses in python, grab content by level

nested-brackets

#http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4284991/parsing-nested-parentheses-in-python-grab-content-by-level
def parenthetic_contents(string):
    """Generate parenthesized contents in string as pairs (level, contents)."""
    stack = []
    for i, c in enumerate(string):
        if c == '(':
            stack.append(i)
        elif c == ')' and stack:
            start = stack.pop()
            yield (len(stack), string[start + 1: i])

>>> list(parenthetic_contents('(a(b(c)(d)e)(f)g)'))
[(2, 'c'), (2, 'd'), (1, 'b(c)(d)e'), (1, 'f'), (0, 'a(b(c)(d)e)(f)g')]