Remove part of string in Java

Question

I want to remove a part of string from one character, that is:

Source string:

manchester united (with nice players)

Target string:

Answer 1

You could use replace to fix your string. The following will return everything before a "(" and also strip all leading and trailing whitespace. If the string starts with a "(" it will just leave it as is.

str = "manchester united (with nice players)"
matched = str.match(/.*(?=\()/)
str.replace(matched[0].strip) if matched