Question

How to remove parentheses and the text inside them from a string in JavaScript

Answer 1

/**
 * Remove all parentheses and the text inside them.
 *
 * @param {string} text  The input string
 * @return {string}      The cleaned string
 */
function removeParenthesesWithContent(text) {
    // Remove parentheses and everything inside them
    let cleaned = text.replace(/\([^)]*\)/g, " ");

    // Collapse multiple spaces into one
    cleaned = cleaned.replace(/\s+/g, " ");

    // Final trim of leading/trailing spaces
    return cleaned.trim();
}

const str = "(An) API (API) (is a) (connection) connects (between) computer programs";
const output = removeParenthesesWithContent(str);

console.log(output);


/*
run:

API connects computer programs

*/

 

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