Removing unwanted from string

Question

I am trying to remove unwanted from a string. For example:
String is "boy the movie part 2 (2009)". from this string i wanted to remove "(2009)" only, so my string can be looked like as "boy the movie part 2".
Please provide me logic to do this.
Thanks,
Amol

Answer 1

gimbal2 wrote:
Hey if that's all you need:
[snip]
Just substring minus the last six characters and to not have to make any assumptions about whitespace being present in the result, a trim() is added for the fun of it.
This is absolutely not fail proof, but it does what you ask.@OP: Most likely this is not what you really want. However, as gimbal2 points out, it does what you ask. The lesson is, you need to be clear and precise in expressing your requirements. To drive the point home, here is some more code that does what you asked for, but probably not what you really want it do do.
if (str.equals("boy the movie part 2 (2009)") {
  str = "boy the movie part 2";
}