package main
import (
"fmt"
"regexp"
"strings"
)
func cleanString(text string) string {
// Step 1: Remove parentheses and their content (non-greedy)
reParen := regexp.MustCompile(`\([^)]*\)`)
cleaned := reParen.ReplaceAllString(text, "")
// Step 2: Collapse multiple spaces into one
reSpaces := regexp.MustCompile(`\s+`)
cleaned = reSpaces.ReplaceAllString(cleaned, " ")
// Step 3: Trim leading/trailing spaces
cleaned = strings.TrimSpace(cleaned)
return cleaned
}
func main() {
original := "Hello (remove this) from the future (and this too)"
result := cleanString(original)
fmt.Println("Original:", original)
fmt.Println("Cleaned :", result)
}
/*
run:
Original: Hello (remove this) from the future (and this too)
Cleaned : Hello from the future
*/
