Where's the error?

[Bror Johansson]

I have tried, retried, and retried again to understand why Python 2.1 tells
me this:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:\Src\Python\renamevobtag.py", line 12, in getlsvobresults
    regline =
re.compile('^(\*)?\s+\\([^\s]+)\s+\\\\([^\s]+)\s+(p(rivate)|(ublic))\s*$')
  File "d:\python21\lib\sre.py", line 90, in compile
    return _compile(pattern, flags)
  File "d:\python21\lib\sre.py", line 136, in _compile
    raise error, v # invalid expression
error: unbalanced parenthesis

when approaching this line:

    regline =
re.compile('^(\*)?\s+\\([^\s]+)\s+\\\\([^\s]+)\s+(p(rivate)|(ublic))\s*$')

Can anyone help me clear my eyesight?

I can of course switch over to 'split', but I want to get rid of the extra
backslashes.

/BJ