#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
std::string remove_parentheses_and_spaces(const std::string& input) {
std::string temp;
bool inside = false;
// Step 1: Remove text inside parentheses
for (char c : input) {
if (c == '(') {
inside = true;
} else if (c == ')') {
inside = false;
} else if (!inside) {
temp.push_back(c);
}
}
// Step 2: Normalize spaces (collapse multiple spaces into one)
std::istringstream iss(temp);
std::string word, output;
while (iss >> word) { // operator>> skips extra spaces
if (!output.empty()) output += " ";
output += word;
}
return output;
}
int main() {
std::string text = "Hello (remove this) from the future (and this too)";
std::cout << "Original: " << text << "\n";
std::cout << "Cleaned : " << remove_parentheses_and_spaces(text) << "\n";
}
/*
run:
Original: Hello (remove this) from the future (and this too)
Cleaned : Hello from the future
*/
