Match text in nested parenthesis

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As the title says, I cant figure out how to match text inside a nested parenthesis (only in nested parenthesis). E.g

I have this text Hi my (name is (Jhon) and(i dont) know how (to)match) this. The text I need to match is Jhon, i dont and to.

But text like this one hi i have (a parenthesis) should not match anything

Every answer i've seen until now uses recursive regex but I can not use a recursive regex in js and also I dont need a dinamic nested level identifier, just the text (whatever text) is inside the second parenthesis. ((this text))

I've tried (with no success) this {({([^{}])*})*}

This is not a dupe since The guy at the other question just ask for a single parenthesis....

@WiktorStribiżew but that also matches `also matches (this text inside here)` and it shouldnt — Luis felipe De jesus Munoz, Feb 19 '19 at 18:08
So, you first want to parse the nested parentheses and then apply that regex, right? See [this thread](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4122751/how-to-match-a-input-parenthesis-with-regular-expression-in-javascript). Once you get the string parsed, use the regex from my comment (from another linked thread). — Wiktor Stribiżew, Feb 19 '19 at 18:09
@WiktorStribiżew Yes, i mean, i just want to match the text (if there is any) in the parenthesis that is inside a parenthesis (it doesn't go lower than that). But if there is only one parenthesis it shouldnt match it — Luis felipe De jesus Munoz, Feb 19 '19 at 18:11
You may certainly do that with a "single" parsing code, but it won't involve a regex. JS regexp does not support recursion. Once you come up with some code and get stuck, please update the question. — Wiktor Stribiżew, Feb 19 '19 at 18:14
@WiktorStribiżew So basically I can not do that using a regex? it is just match a parenthesis inside another parenthesis. I thought it was possible — Luis felipe De jesus Munoz, Feb 19 '19 at 18:16
Yes, it is possible in PHP, Ruby, .NET regex, but JS regex engine is different and does not support recursion, nor balanced constructs. — Wiktor Stribiżew, Feb 19 '19 at 18:19

Match text in nested parenthesis

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