How to delete the text of parentheses in a sentence Topic is solved

[songdg]

Like "Absorb and integrate (people, ideas, or culture) into a wider society or culture." to become "Absorb and integrate into a wider society or culture."

[BoBo]

RegEx (prefered) or StrSplit()

[boiler]

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str := "Absorb and integrate (people, ideas, or culture) into a wider society or culture."
newStr := RegExReplace(str, "( \(|\()[^\)]*?\)")
MsgBox, % str "`n`n" newStr

[BoBo]

@boiler is back in town

[sofista]

As BoBo suggested,

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str := "Absorb and integrate (people, ideas, or culture) into a wider society or culture."
newStr := StrSplit(str, [" (", ")"])
MsgBox, % str "`n`n" newStr[1] newStr[3]

[Chunjee]

dirty:

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A := new biga() ; requires https://www.npmjs.com/package/biga.ahk

string := "Absorb and integrate (people, ideas, or culture) into a wider society or culture."

msgbox, % A.replace(string, "/\(.+\) /", "")
; => "Absorb and integrate into a wider society or culture."

[boiler]

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str := "The solution should probably handle cases (like this one) with multiple pairs of parentheses (as might sometimes occur)."
newStr := RegExReplace(str, "( \(|\()[^\)]*?\)")
MsgBox, % str "`n`n" newStr

[AHKStudent]

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str := "The solution should probably handle cases (like this one) with multiple pairs of parentheses (as might sometimes occur)."
newStr := RegExReplace(str, "( \(|\()[^\)]*?\)")
MsgBox, % str "`n`n" newStr

im learning regex, what is the reason for the |\( It looks to me like a repeat of what is before it. I tried it without it and it worked well, so im wondering what that extra OR \( does?

EDIT: I think I figured it out, the first one covers a ( proceeded by a space and the second one doesnt?

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str := "The solution should probably handle cases (like this one) with multiple pairs of parentheses (as might sometimes occur)."
newStr := RegExReplace(str, "( \()[^\)]*?\)")
MsgBox, % str "`n`n" newStr

[boiler]

what is the reason for the |\( It looks to me like a repeat of what is before it. I tried it without it and it worked well, so im wondering what that extra OR \( does?

EDIT: I think I figured it out, the first one covers a ( proceeded by a space and the second one doesnt?

That is correct.

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str := "It handles cases where no space precedes the open parenthesis(just in case)."
newStr := RegExReplace(str, "( \(|\()[^\)]*?\)")
MsgBox, % str "`n`n" newStr

[AHKStudent]

what is the reason for the |\( It looks to me like a repeat of what is before it. I tried it without it and it worked well, so im wondering what that extra OR \( does?

EDIT: I think I figured it out, the first one covers a ( proceeded by a space and the second one doesnt?

That is correct.

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str := "It handles cases where no space precedes the open parenthesis(just in case)."
newStr := RegExReplace(str, "( \(|\()[^\)]*?\)")
MsgBox, % str "`n`n" newStr

Thank you

[songdg]

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str := "Absorb and integrate (people, ideas, or culture) into a wider society or culture."
newStr := RegExReplace(str, "( \(|\()[^\)]*?\)")
MsgBox, % str "`n`n" newStr

You're amazing

[songdg]

As BoBo suggested,

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str := "Absorb and integrate (people, ideas, or culture) into a wider society or culture."
newStr := StrSplit(str, [" (", ")"])
MsgBox, % str "`n`n" newStr[1] newStr[3]

Thank you, much appreciated

[songdg]

dirty:

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A := new biga() ; requires https://www.npmjs.com/package/biga.ahk

string := "Absorb and integrate (people, ideas, or culture) into a wider society or culture."

msgbox, % A.replace(string, "/\(.+\) /", "")
; => "Absorb and integrate into a wider society or culture."

Thank you, much appreciated