Replace string from character onwards

Question

I've got a string like so

Jamie(123)

And I'm trying to just show Jamie without the brackets etc

All the names are different lengths so I was wondering if there was a simple way of replacing everything from the first bracket onwards?

Some others are displayed like this

Tom(Test(123))
Jack   ((4u72))

I've got a simple replace of the bracket at the moment like this

mystring.Replace("(", "").Replace(")","")

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

JOpuckman · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-01 18:51:32Z

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VB.NET

mystring.Substring(0, mystring.IndexOf("("C)).Trim()

C#

mystring.Substring(0, mystring.IndexOf('(')).Trim();

answered Dec 1, 2011 at 18:51

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nebula · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-01 18:31:31Z

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One logic; get the index of the ( and you can trim the later part from that position.

public static string Remove(string value)
            {
                int pos = value.IndexOf("(");
                if (pos >= 0)
                {
                    return value.Remove(pos, remove.Length);
                }
                return value;
            }

answered Dec 1, 2011 at 18:31

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nycdan · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-01 18:48:35Z

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aneal's will work. The alternative I generally use because it's a bit more flexible is .substring.

string newstring = oldstring.substring(0,oldstring.indexof("("));

If you aren't sure that oldstring will have a "(" you will have to do the test first just as aneal shows in their answer.

answered Dec 1, 2011 at 18:48

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rick schott · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-01 19:03:32Z

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String.Remove(Int32) will do what you need:

Deletes all the characters from this string beginning at a 
specified position and continuing through the last position.

You will also have to .Trim() as well given the data with padding:

mystring = mystring.Remove(mystring.IndexOf("("C))).Trim()

edited Dec 1, 2011 at 19:03

answered Dec 1, 2011 at 18:44

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3 Comments

egrunin Over a year ago

MSDN says Remove takes an int, no? See msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9ad138yc.aspx

nebula Over a year ago

trim() - Removes all leading and trailing white-space characters from the current String object. See msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/t97s7bs3.aspx

rick schott Over a year ago

Yes, .Remove returns a string object, then it gets trimmed and assinged.

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