Question

How to remove text between parentheses in a string using Python

Answer 1

import re

text = "Hello (remove this) from the future (and this too)"

# Step 1: Remove parentheses and their content (non-greedy)
cleaned = re.sub(r"\([^)]*\)", "", text)

# Step 2: Collapse multiple spaces into one
cleaned = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", cleaned).strip()

print("Original:", text)
print("Cleaned :", cleaned)



'''
run:

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

'''

 

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