From: Li Chen Date: 2008-07-03T08:17:46+09:00 Subject: Re: need help for regular expression Chris Shea wrote: > On Jul 2, 3:46?pm, Li Chen wrote: >> -- >> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > Li, > > Well, there are few different ways. > > string.sub!(/\(.*?\)/,'') > string.sub!(/\([^)]*\)/,'') > > If there's a chance that there will be nested parentheses, you'll need > something more complicated. > > It seems like you're often asking regular expression questions. I'd > highly recommend picking up Mastering Regular Expressions by Jeffrey > Friedl. After reading just the first two chapters, you'll be able to > figure stuff like this out very easily. After reading a few more > chapters, you'll know the difference between the two expressions above > and which one you want to use. > > HTH, > Chris Hi Chris, Thank you very much. I will take a look at "Mastering Regular Expressions". Li -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.