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Delete all characters in string between 2 specific characters

vtboy51

I'm looking to see if there is a cleaner way to delete all the characters between the  "("  and ")" in the string below. I know it can be done using parseString, but wanted to see if there is a cleaner approach.

"/swr_ithctl/swr_islope(XISLOPE)/swr_islope_ibgrmir(XIBGRMIR)" 

  • Andrew Beckett

    withinParen=pcreCompile("\\([^)]*\\)")
    source="/swr_ithctl/swr_islope(XISLOPE)/swr_islope_ibgrmir(XIBGRMIR)"
    result=pcreReplace(withinParen source "" 0)

    which gives:

    "/swr_ithctl/swr_islope/swr_islope_ibgrmir"

    Explanation of the pattern (I meant to say this when replying - apologies for editing afterwards) - an open parenthesis (has to be escaped because parentheses are used for grouping in PCRE) followed by any number occurrences of any character that is not a close parenthesis, followed by a close parenthesis.

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