Replace characters in string after '(' symbol including the symbol

[johang_80]

Hi Everyone

I need some help. I would like to remove characters from a string that are contained in brackets. For example string (Hello)World, I want to remove the (Hello) part. Is there a way. I can't solve it with the replace or remove methods. I am new to C# and some help would be great.

Thank you

Johan

[ddanbe]

Perhaps have a look at(to use with Remove) the IndexOf('(') and LastIndexOf(')') methods.
Also the SubString method can be helpfull.
Look up the details here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.string_members(v=VS.90).aspx

[johang_80]

Thanks I'll give it a try

[nmaillet]

You could use the Regex class to do this. You would use a string such as \\(.\\) (with RegexOptions.SingleLine to have the dot (.) operator include every character). Then use the Regex.Replace() method.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.text.regularexpressions.regex.aspx

[johang_80]

Thanks @nmaillet too :)

[johang_80]

I did something like this to solve my problem. Maybe it helps someone else.

private void btnRemove_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            String strTest = "(Test)Word";

            int iS = strTest.IndexOf('(');

            int jS = strTest.LastIndexOf(')');

            String newOne = strTest.Remove(iS, jS + 1);

            MessageBox.Show(newOne);
}

The output is Word.

Thanks to everyone for helping me out.

Johan

[Momerath]

What happens when you have "(Test)Word(Broken)"?

[johang_80]

Hello

Didn't think about it. In my case there's only one bracketed word so that will do just fine :)

Johan