Question

How to remove text between parentheses in a string using VB.NET

Answer 1

Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions

Module Program
    Sub Main()
        Dim text As String = "Hello (remove this) from the future (and this too)"

        ' Step 1: Remove parentheses and their content (non-greedy)
        Dim cleaned As String = Regex.Replace(text, "\([^)]*\)", "")

        ' Step 2: Collapse multiple spaces into one
        cleaned = Regex.Replace(cleaned, "\s+", " ").Trim()

        Console.WriteLine("Original: " & text)
        Console.WriteLine("Cleaned : " & cleaned)
    End Sub
End Module



' run:
'
' Original: Hello (remove this) from the future (and this too)
' Cleaned : Hello from the future
'

 

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